Female Youth Political Knowledge and Their Practices: A Case Study of Balochistan Province
Keywords:
Political knowledge, female, youth, education, Quetta Balochistan.Abstract
Current study was carried out in Quetta Balochistan district so as to
determine the female youth political knowledge and their practices as a
case study on higher level education within Balochistan context.
Quantitative research method was used in the present study. One
hundred (100) respondents as the target population from the University
of Balochistan were taken. ANOVA (Bonferroni) test also applied so as
denote the perception variations between two groups. The results
revealed that Most (47%) of the respondents having the age category of
26 to 35 years. Most (23%) of the respondents got the educational level
on M.A or MSc level. Most (45.5%) of the male respondents were agreed
that political direction and civic activities enhanced their leaderships
quality. The non-significance variation between two groups was
observed by using One-Way-ANOVA. Therefore, the null hypothesis was
accepted and alternate hypothesis was rejected based on respondent’s
perceived perception. Based on achieved results following
recommendation were suggested. Youth and female are the key
development ingredients in our society in this regard, the political and
educational program should be arranged so as to encourage the female
and youth participation in development process. Further, these sort of
research should be conducted at national level.
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