Challenging the myths about madaris in Pakistan: A national household survey of enrolment and reasons for choosing religious schools |
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| Authors: | Anne Cockcroft Neil Andersson Deborah Milne Khalid Omer Noor Ansari Amir Khan Ubaid Ullah Chaudhry |
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| Institution: | 1. CIET in Pakistan, House 226, Block 18, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Pakistan;2. Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Tropicales (CIET), Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, Acapulco, Mexico;3. Department of Geography and Urban Regional Planning, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan |
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| 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. |
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| Keywords: | Comparative education International education Development Madaris Pakistan |
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