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Gender discrimination in education for girls is a rampant problem in Pakistan. Information Technology with its provision of vast and diverse opportunities of global awareness and access to the latest educational resources has a potentially valuable approach for the benefit of girls of rural and remote areas. To explore whether Information Technology can play a role in the personality enhancement and gender elevation of deprived girls, an action-research project investigated the social and emotional qualitative aspects of conducting an Information Technology training for a group of deprived girls. An induction of selected IT skills for enhancing social awareness into global issues and computer application for progressive use was made for a period of four months. During the sessions, the researchers considered social and emotional changes occurring in the group through the methods of participant observer, semi-structured interviews, qualitative analysis of on the spot reflections by the researchers. The whole process and events of the teaching-learning activities was video-taped and finally summarized in a sequenced visual documentary report of the session. The findings are that the group showed enhanced social and emotional skills and a much more positive attitude towards their learning in this area. The approach holds considerable potential.

Afifa Khanum, Shoukat Iqbal. (2011) Gender Elevation through IT Training: A Social and Emotional Dimension, Journal of Research and Reflections in Education, Volume 5, Issue 2.
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