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EXAMINING THE PSYCHOSOCIAL BARRIERS OF FEMALE STUDENTS IN ACADEMIC SETTINGS OF SINDH THE CASE OF PUBLIC SECTOR UNIVERSITY OF SINDH PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).33      10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).33      Published : Sep 3

Examining the Psychosocial Barriers of Female Students in Academic Settings of Sindh: The Case of Public Sector University of Sindh, Pakistan

Abstract

    The collective responsibilities and rights of female students are ignored in the academic domain of Sindh, Pakistan. The third world countries are a mirror image of it and highlight their declining condition in the educational perspectives of female education. The twelve Psychosocial barriers are highlighted in this study. They are analyzed to know about their extent in female students in one of the Public sector universities of Sindh, Pakistan. The quantitative design was adopted, and a questionnaire was used as the instrument to measure percentages and frequencies. A five-point Likert Scale was selected for the process of data collection measurement from thirty female participants of the English department. The thirty female students represented four academic stages in a co-academic setting. After the analysis of data through SPSS software, the results affirmed that female students do face problems to pursue their higher education in the shape of psychological fears, uncomfortable situations, adoption of different rough attitudes against her existence in academics, dominancy of the male colleague in academic and societal boundaries, cultural and parental disparities in mind sets that ultimately results to the unawareness of societal conservative norms established in educational setting of Universities in Sindh, Pakistan.

    Barriers, Female, Psycho, Social, Students, University

    (1) Ali Siddiqui
    MPhil Scholar, English Language Development Center (ELDC), Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET), Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.
    (2) Tania Shabir Shaikh
    MPhil Scholar, Institute of English Language and Literature (IELL), University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.
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    APA : Siddiqui, A., & Shaikh, T. S. (2020). Examining the Psychosocial Barriers of Female Students in Academic Settings of Sindh: The Case of Public Sector University of Sindh, Pakistan. Global Social Sciences Review, V(III), 317-325. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).33

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    CHICAGO : Siddiqui, Ali, and Tania Shabir Shaikh. 2020. "Examining the Psychosocial Barriers of Female Students in Academic Settings of Sindh: The Case of Public Sector University of Sindh, Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, V (III): 317-325 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).33

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    MLA : Siddiqui, Ali, and Tania Shabir Shaikh. "Examining the Psychosocial Barriers of Female Students in Academic Settings of Sindh: The Case of Public Sector University of Sindh, Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review, V.III (2020): 317-325 Print.

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    TURABIAN : Siddiqui, Ali, and Tania Shabir Shaikh. "Examining the Psychosocial Barriers of Female Students in Academic Settings of Sindh: The Case of Public Sector University of Sindh, Pakistan." Global Social Sciences Review V, no. III (2020): 317-325. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-III).33