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Abstract This study has been made to sort out scientifically the passage of transformation of roles through curriculum in Punjab Pakistan. The national language textbooks were selected for the discourse. It explores the areas of gender disparity in the existing textbooks at primary level. The focus of the research was to identify the area of gender stereotyping and construction of gender roles creating gender apartheid picture in the textbooks. This Study concluded that the literature reflects male showvanism whereas females role seems to be limited when it is compared with male.
Keywords: Gender Inequality Gender Stereotypes Textbooks National Language Introduction Gender inequality is the most known notion all over the world. Neither a developed nor a developing country could omit this phenomenon from their social set up. Gender inequality is having some complexities such as stereotypical positions which are ingrained in the minds of the world. The contribution of gender inequality in education to improve productivity and economic growth is well established fact. In this regard lower gender inequality in education sector is a factor leading to poor development (Mahbub-ul-Haq Human Development Center 2007).
Though South Asia has performed well in improving educational indictors in last few years and adult literacy rate has increased from 49 percent to 54 percent. But in spite of all this progress South Asia continues to be struck at the lowest -+rung in the field of literacy among all the regions of the world. Despite achieving a seemingly remarkable performance by reducing the total number of out of school children in the past 10 years two South Asian countries India and Pakistan enjoy the distinction of containing the highest number of children out of school (UNESCO 2004).
Gender equality is a combination of two factors i.e. parity and equality but the concept of parity is elaborated in qualitative terms. Gender equality means that each boy and girl has an equal access to the education and innovative teaching methods as well as the curriculum free from gender bias and stereotypes. In this way equality becomes a channel to achieve parity. The indicators of equality include length of schooling relevance of curricula learning achievement perception and the expectations of stakeholders regarding the treatment of boys and girls in the schooling process...