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students were enrolled in sixth class, four in ninth class, and two
in intermediate. The Mittikot students attending school in
Balakot were boys from the families of muqaddams (village
leaders).
Figure (6) presents the distribution of the Mittikot
population by education groups according to the 1988 language
survey census. The data indicate that the majority of the
population has received no formal education. Of the males, 27
percent have received one to ten years of education, contrasted
with 5 percent of the females. Only two males (brothers and sons
of the muqaddam) have completed eleven to twelve years of
education.
(6) Population of Mittikot (1988):
Distribution of Males and Females in Education Groups
Males Females
Level of
Percentage
Percentage
Education n of Males n of Females
Under age 33 9% 56 16%
No formal ed. 236 63 284 79
1-5 yrs. ed 68 19 14 4
6-10 yrs. 32 9 2 1
11-12 yrs. 2 1 – –
Unknown 3 1 4 1
Total 374 360
Figure (7) presents the distribution of the Mittikot
population in both age and education groups. Again, as was seen
in Peshmal, more young Mittikot males are receiving education
now and to higher levels. Interestingly, more females are also
being educated although they still represent only a small fraction
of the population. 32
32 Ahmed (1986:110-11) examines four socioeconomic factors in Hazara
and demonstrates how they correlate with the status of four ethnic groups:
Swatis, Sayyeds, Awans, and Gujars. One factor was education. Swatis had the
highest percentage of people (20 percent) who had secondary school level
education and above. Gujars had the lowest (7 percent). Other factors were