A STUDY ON FAMILY SUPPORT, SOCIAL SUPPORT AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF MUSLIM MINORITY GIRL STUDENTS OF SECONDARY AND HIGHER SECONDARY LEVEL

Abstract

Education has been the bedrock of developments all the world over. Education has an influence on girls’ and women’s ability to claim their rights and achieve the better positions in society, such as economic independence and political representation. According to the Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) “everyone has the right to education. Education ought to be free, in the elementary and fundamental stages.