Challenging the myths about madaris in Pakistan: A national household survey of enrolment and reasons for choosing religious schools
ARTICLE
Anne Cockcroft, Neil Andersson, Deborah Milne, Khalid Omer, Noor Ansari, Amir Khan, Ubaid Ullah Chaudhry
International Journal of Educational Development Volume 29, Number 4 ISSN 0738-0593 Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
There is speculation about madaris in Pakistan as sources of terrorists and about levels and reasons for enrolment, but a dearth of empirical data. We studied madarsah enrolment among 53,960 representative households; 853 focus groups of parents discussed enrolment choices. In 2004, 2.6% of all children (3.8% of school-going children) aged 5–9 years attended a madarsah. Children from urban and less educated households were more likely to attend a madarsah, but there was no difference by sex of the child or household vulnerability. Parents chose madaris because they offered an Islamic education. Our findings challenge misconceptions about madaris in Pakistan.
Citation
Cockcroft, A., Andersson, N., Milne, D., Omer, K., Ansari, N., Khan, A. & Chaudhry, U.U. Challenging the myths about madaris in Pakistan: A national household survey of enrolment and reasons for choosing religious schools. International Journal of Educational Development, 29(4), 342-349. Elsevier Ltd. Retrieved August 9, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/196317/.
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