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European Journal of Alternative Education Studies ISSN: 2501-5915 ISSN-L: 2501-5915 Available on-line at: www.oapub.org/edu Volume 2 │ Issue 2 │ 2017 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.1041889 EXPLORING THE BARRIERS TO FEMALE-LITERACY FROM PARENTS AND TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVE: A REVIEW STUDY OF SCATTERED LITERATURE Falsafa Zareef Khan1i, Muhammad Kamran2, Nazish Andaleeb3 Master of Management in Educational Economy and Management, 1 School of Education, North East Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China Ph.D. Candidate in Comparative Education at School of Education, 2 Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China Lecturer, Department of Education, 3 University of Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan Abstract: The article was a review study. This is an approach which allows the researcher to understand the phenomenon in depth (Karamustafaoglu, 2009). The researchers have adopted the literature review approach to investigate the problem in depth. The structures of literature have been analyzed through the handbooks mostly in the field of teacher education on literacy terms. This was a review study about exploring barriers to literacy from parents and teachers’ perspective. This was linked to the current literature in understanding about the phenomenon which was investigated. This study, therefore, relied on different kinds of literature such as published articles, theses and, books. Majority of them were obtained from research databases such as Web of Science and Google Scholar. Namamba and Rao (2017), and Manzar-Abbas and Lu (2013) followed the same method of review in conducting their review studies. In order to obtain relevant literature, search words such as barriers to literacy and parents and teachers’ perspective were used. In addition, books on teacher education were also consulted. All the obtained literature was summarized according to the search words of the study. All the obtained literature was cited properly in text and in the list. This allowed the researchers to extract and incorporate key information about exploring Copyright © The Author(s). All Rights Reserved. © 2015 – 2017 Open Access Publishing Group 41 Falsafa Zareef Khan, Muhammad Kamran, Nazish Andaleeb EXPLORING THE BARRIERS TO FEMALE-LITERACY FROM PARENTS “ND TE“CHERS’ PERSPECTIVE: A REVIEW STUDY OF SCATTERED LITERATURE barriers to literacy from parents and teachers’ perspective into this article. The studies drawn in this review article reflect the learning about barriers to literacy from parents and teachers’ perspective in diverse directions. Keywords: barriers to female-literacy, parents and teachers’ perspective 1. Introduction It is extremely important to say that teaching occupation is the main reason for the development of nations and only through good teaching the nation can be built (Kamran, Abasimi & Congman, 2015). Further teachers can bring changes in society. Literacy is significant for a developed society. It is the basic agent for the transformation of a society. Unfortunately, many regions of today’s age, especially in developing countries, have poor or no access to quality education especially developing countries lag behind the rest of the world. The ability of the developing countries residents to read and write is quite low. Like many conservative societies, where social and cultural norms sway decisions on the girls’ education, most school-age girls in Baluchistan, Pakistan stay at home. And even those, who are the exception, have poor access to schools. They have to cover long distances to get formal learning. Quetta, the capital city of Baluchistan, is more developed than other areas of the province but still, the quality of education there is not up to the mark. Also, the city has fewer people with formal learning. For viewing / downloading the full article, please access the following link: https://oapub.org/edu/index.php/ejae/article/view/1165 European Journal of Alternative Education Studies - Volume 2 │ Issue 2 │ 2017 42