IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Volume 21, Issue 9, Ver. 9 (Sep. 2016) PP 14-25 e-ISSN: 2279-0837, p-ISSN: 2279-0845. www.iosrjournals.org DOI: 10.9790/0837-2109091425 www.iosrjournals.org 14 | Page Gender Equality in Education: Case of MajorUrbanizing Areas of Pakistan Hamna Nasir 1 , Ambreen Fatima and Shaista Alam 2 Abstract:- The main purpose of this study is to estimate the effect of gender equality in education and explore its determinants in 14 major cities of Pakistan (rapidly urbanizing) after taking into account the socio-economic indicators (like mother education, household income, household living conditions, etc.). Data is gathered from Pakistan Social Standard Living Measurement Survey (PSLM) from 2004-05 to 2012-13. Pseudo Panel technique is applied using cities and females in age group 15-65 as cohorts. Fixed effect technique is used for analyzing the issue. The results of this study indicates that mother’s education, education of the male head of the household, facilities available in the house and income of the household have considerably favorable impact on the education attainment of females. Key Words: Gender Inequality; Education; Socio-economic Profile; Pseudo Panel; Urbanizing Areas and Poverty.JEL Classification: I32, I24, J16, Z130, C33 I. INTRODUCTION “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world” (Nelson Mandela) The minimum goal of education is often considered as training for earning livelihood. The maximum goal of education is socialization, diffusion of knowledge, values, attitudes and norms, required for playing best moral roles in society. In a healthy system of education both goals must be realized. Therefore without investment in education nations cannot be developed. An essential role for the choice of profession is due to education and training which affects individual earnings. By investing in human capital, economic and social opportunities are improved and it helps in reducing poverty and foster technical progress. Economic involvement, child transience, fertility, individual health and greater speculation in the refinement and wellbeing of upcoming generations have direct effects on education. The goal is achievable only if making education attainment necessary for every individual especially making it mandatory for women, an educated girl of today will become a mother of futures educated and responsible young generation, a number of trickle down benefits are associated with gender base education. One of the benefits is reduced fertility rate and hence population growth will slow down. Educated women prefer having fewer children and invest more on human capital formation of the children. Also they can provide better care and nutrition for their children which results in a reduction in probability of catching diseases and child mortality rate. It could also be said that benefits of girl’s education ends up with a healthier next generation. By investing in higher education of girls, yields to high dividends. However, learning achievement is dependent on the socio economic status (SES) of the household they belong too. The acquirement of social status is by social position and money or economy a person is affiliated with his economic status. The issues such as progenitor’s edification, employment, revenue and amenities offered to juvenile are characterized as home environment. Educational attainment is directly linked to their parent’s education. Female progenitor’s erudition is more significant than the male progenitor’s erudition because an educated mother has greater affect in household decision making which may permit her to secure more 1 Corresponding author is an M.Phil Student at Applied Economics Research Centre, University of Karachi. The Email ID: hamnainfinite@gmail.com . Postal Address: Applied Economics Research Centre, University of Karachi. Phone No: 0331-2183074 2 Associate Professors at Applied Economics Research Centre, University of Karachi. amber_aerc@yahoo.com shaista.aq@gmail.com