Gender Bias in Education

Running Head : GENDER BIAS

Gender Bias : In Education Introduction

The concept of discrimination exists on the global level . In this developing world , no corner is untouched with the impact of discrimination . The discrimination occurs on various bases such as gender , race , color , etc . The gender bias is the most common type of practices followed in most of the countries of the world . Between both the genders , the girls or women have to suffer from the practices of bias and discrimination . The discrimination with women exists in all the aspects of life

such as social , physical , professional , educational etc . In the developing countries , there are two most powerful areas of bias against women , which are education and wages

The gender bias in education is a critical issue in front of the women of the whole world

The gender bias in education refers to the difference between the treatment with the boys and girls in the schools and unequal opportunities of education for girls and boys (Childs , 1990 . In the whole world , the boys are provided with more or better opportunities of education than girls . In the schools , the boys and girls are given seats according to the gender basis . The behavior of the teachers also varies with girls and boys

There are various causes of gender bias in education . The main reason of gender bias is the failures of most of the families to attribute inter household extraversions . The shape and size of discrimination or bias with women or girls also...