In Pakistan, a distance education model has been successfully used by the Allama Iqbal Open University. It has established multi-media, multi-level and a multi-method teaching system. Within a modest period, the university has been able to offer courses from literacy to Ph.D. level. The university has system of reaching the students at their homes or work places and the concept of openness, implying lifelong education. The Allama Iqbal Open University is filling the gender gap left by the conventional formal system of education. According to 25 years of AIOU (1999) “Distance Education in Pakistan is particularly suited to the female population as it offers them an opportunity to study at home .Similarly people living in the Tribal Areas and the far-flung areas where the formal system of education has not reached yet.”
It is evident from the table: 3 that at SSE level in the selected course codes of during the year 1998-99, the average male enrollment was 14.46% and the average of female enrollment was 85.52%
It is evident from the table: 4 that at HSSE level in the selected course codes of during the year 2004, the average male enrollment was 37.3% and the average of female enrollment was 62.7%.
It is evident from the table: 5 that at B.A level in the selected course codes of during the year 2004, the average male enrollment was 41% and the average of female enrollment was 59%.
It is evident from the table: 6 that at B.Ed level in the selected course codes of during the year 2004, the average male enrollment was 41% and the average of female enrollment was 68.38%.
It is evident from the table: 7 that at M.Ed (Special Education) level in the selected course codes of during the year 2004, the average male enrollment was 40.78% and the average of female enrollment was 52.21%.
It is evident from the table: 8 that at M.Ed (Distance and Non-Formal Education) level in the selected course codes of during the year 2004, the average male enrollment was 43.64% and the average of female enrollment was 56.35%.
It is evident from the table: 9 that at the level of M.Sc Pakistan Studies in the selected course codes of during the year 2004, the average male enrollment was 39% and the average of female enrollment was 61%.
It is evident from the table: 10 that at the level of M.A Islamic Studies in the selected course codes of during the year 2004, the average male enrollment was 30.88% and the average of female enrollment was 69.12%.
It is evident from the table: 11 that at the level of M.A Urdu in the selected course codes of during the year 2004, the average male enrollment was 35.52% and the average of female enrollment was64.47%.
It is evident from the table: 12 that at the level of M.A (EPM) in the selected course codes of during the year 2004, the average male enrollment was 40.54% and the average of female enrollment was 59.46%.
It is evident from the table: 13 that at the level of M.A (Secondary Teacher Education) in the selected course codes of during the year 2004, the average male enrollment was 23% and the average of female enrollment was 76.23%.
It is evident from the table: 14 that at the level of M.Phil Economics in the selected course codes of during the year 2004, the average male enrollment was 40.27% and the average of female enrollment was59.72%.
It is evident from the table: 15 that at the level of M.Phil Food and Nutrition in the selected course codes of during the year 2004, the average male enrollment was 00% and the average of female enrollment was 100%.
It is evident from the table: 16 that at the level of Ph.D Chemistry in the selected course codes of during the year 2004, the average male enrollment was 00% and the average of female enrollment was100%.