Abstract:

The present study entitled education and its role in family life with major focus to see the contribution of education in various dimensions of family life. This study was conducted in five selected wards of district Mardan,KPK, namely, Ghaznavi colony, Bajaur colony, Tariq abad colony, Sarwar abad colony and Nowshera colony. A sample size of 346 was selected out of total 3472 as devised by Sekaran (2003) formula. For data collection, a structured interview schedule was used. Moreover, the independent variable education as an agent was cross tabulated with dependent variable change in family life through chi square test. A highly significant association (P= 0.000) was found between increased social mobility in family and education. Likewise, a significant association (P=0.000) was found between the ratio of education and the change in family structure. Similarly, a significant relationship (P=0.000) was disclosed between the outlook of family members and education. Furthermore, a highly significant association (P=0.000) was found between transformation of joint family structure into nuclear family and education. Moreover, a significant relationship (P=0.000) was found between change in functions of family and education. the enhancement of education on family level as well as on national level would play a key role in bringing improvement in society was suggested as a policy recommendation.

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