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Exclusion Of Girls From Education In Rural Pakistan, Parvez Pirzado
Exclusion Of Girls From Education In Rural Pakistan, Parvez Pirzado
Institute for Educational Development, Karachi
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School Ka Sabaq: Literacy In A Girls Primary School In Rural Pakistan, Iffat Farah
School Ka Sabaq: Literacy In A Girls Primary School In Rural Pakistan, Iffat Farah
Institute for Educational Development, Karachi
This paper (which is part of a larger ethnographic study) describes literacy learning practices in the context of a girls' school in rural Pakistan. In this context, school ka sabaq is recognized as involving reading and writing activities, and behavior particular to the institution of the school. A description of the reading and writing activities as well as the division of time and space in the school shows that literacy activities are reflected in and determined by the context of the particular institution within which they are learned and practiced. The author also describes school-community relations and the community's goals …