HIGHER EDUCATION AS A CATALYST FOR WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT IN DISTRICT FAISALABAD,PAKISTAN

Abstract

Education is significant in development country. The only way a society or nation can move forward and need to economic growth and development is not just through education but especially education among the women citizens. Education in women is the most powerful mean to change the position in society. In the worldwide, attention in higher education has considerably increased. Developing countries recognize higher education as the most important method of science, technological and industrial progress which is necessary for poverty reduction and development of rich societies. Education is the type to open the golden door of freedom for development. Higher education in Pakistan is faced with serious problems nature. Education helps women to be dependent since all problems like religion, political and gender collapse through which an educated woman will not be differentiated from people because of these problems. It is argued that higher education increased jobs opportunities. In the same way, working women working are able to contribute to the family economy and the socio-economic development of the country. Economic emancipation and autonomy will be achieved through adequate education and development of women. The major objectives of this study are to discover the significance of high level of education in development of women and also study about women emancipation and women development. At the higher educational institutions of district Faisalabad, the study was conducted. Data has been collected through interview schedule. Statistically a package for social sciences (SPSS) was used for data analyzing. The major finding was that: major part of the respondents reported that the basic need of higher education is to control the present. It is also observed that Higher Education is playing role in eliminating all forms of discrimination. Findings correspondingly underscore the critical role of higher education in shaping career trajectories, income potential, and decision-making abilities within the teaching profession. The results also point to evolving social norms, particularly in relation to family structures and gender roles, which are gradually shifting towards more egalitarian and nuclear family models