In this program, the team of gender watch tried to focus on the gender disparity in the matter of education. Why is it so important and how it can effect the minds of the people?

Interviews has been taken form the personalities like with Dr. Najma Najam (vice chancellor of Fatima Jinnah Women University), Indo Mitha (educationalist), Ifthikhar Arif (poet), Dr. Anees Ahmad (director general Dawwa Academy), Parveen Qadir Agha (chairman income tax settlement commission). Ideas and views of the students and other people are also included about this issue. Their ideas and views are given below:

They said that in our society, it is considered that education is necessary only for men. Responsible facts for this consideration are our "cultural values and customs". It is a known thing that civilization and education always go side by side. Educated nation is always civilized and civilized nation is always educated. So literacy and education is important for all the people living in a society. No society can be progressed or developed without having education. Education makes the people's mind open. Mental growth is closely related with the level of education. For new ideas, techniques and development, mental growth is necessary and for mental growth, education is an obvious fact. Education without disparity and discrimination is needed for the development of our society.

According to Dr. Anees Ahmad, usually people give reason for their daughter's illiteracy is religious and cultural values. It is just because of their unawareness of Islam. Here the importance of education again arises. If one is knowledgeable and educated, he could understand his religion well. Islam always emphasized that "education is necessary for both male and female."

Women's education is necessary for the better governance and upbringing of their offspring. If mothers are uneducated, how can we imagine that they will guide their children the right way? So it is needed to bring change in family system and in our cultural values. Structure and culture both are responsible for the low rate of women's education in Pakistan.

Dr. Najma Najam and Indo Mitha said that Male can play a vital role in this context. If they support their daughters and wives, no custom and value can create hurdle, so equal sharing and understanding of male and female is necessary. It is said, "behind the success of every male, there is a mind of women." Like this, "man is always there as a partner in the success of every women."

• Youth population of Pakistan is 76 million, from 76 million, 49 million are illiterate and from 49 million almost 60 to 70% are women. According to a research about 33% girls and 55% boys never go to school.
• According to a survey, in 1980-81, 6 Lac 85 thousand girls had been enrolled in schools, till they reach primary 2 Lac 65 thousand had left and others had dropped out. And from them just 1 Lac girls (14%) had done matriculation.

The letter which are being received about the last program shown positive feed back and said that it is for the first time, this issue is pointed out through such a friendly talk and discussion.

Program has been ended by hosts' talk and they provide the conclusion drawn from the interviews. They said that there must be an equal opportunity to get education for both girls and boys. Economic and industrial progress of a nation depends upon the participation and education of both male and female. There must be gender-discouraging education and for this we all have to work together.