... importance of the teachings of Islamic values over academic education. In addition to this it is believed that women's traditional roles, still largely exist in their culture, and so they are held back from education. Also related to culture is language, which is not primarily English in most Bangladeshi and Pakistani families. This results in the children being disadvantaged from a young age when they start school, with a poor grasp of English. Driver and Ballard found that by However the problems with this theory is that it blames the victim for their own low-achievement levels, which is not necessarily the case as there are other factors involved too. Also the view is a very stereotypical view of Bangladeshi and Pakistani families and does not take into consideration that Asian culture does value education highly. The cultural deprivation theory is also offered as an explanation for the low success rate of ...

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