Assessing Quality of Various Aspects of Secondary Education in Punjab
This study examined various aspects of quality in secondary education of Punjab. Population of the study was constituted all principals, teachers and students of degree colleges, intermediate colleges and higher secondary schools. A randomized sample of forty degree colleges was selected comprizing forty intermediate colleges and forty higher secondary schools (gender-wise equal). Participants’ responses were collected via questionnaire. After the data tabulation, it was examined and explained in the light of research objectives. Statistical tests like mean, standard deviation, standard error of mean and estimated population mean were employed. The study revealed that from the findings of the study A.V Aids were not appropriately used, teachers’ pay scales were not satisfactory and secondary level curriculum did not meet the academic needs. Therefore, the researchers consider provision of modern audio-visual aids to the institutions to be important, besides the teachers training and motivation to utlize these audiovisual aids for enhancement of instructional process. Moreover, it is suggested that adequate budgetry allocation for education and improving the pay scales of the teachers will enhance the quality of education.
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Quality Education, Secondary Education, AV Aids, Pedagogy
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(1) Saqib Shahzad
Associate Professor, Department of Education, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan
(2) Ishtiaq Hussain
Associate Professor, Institute of Education and Research, Kohat University, Kohat, KP, Pakistan.
(3) Makhdoom Ali Syed
Chairman, Department of Education, University of Kotli, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan.
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APA : Shahzad, S., Hussain, I., & Syed, M. A. (2018). Assessing Quality of Various Aspects of Secondary Education in Punjab. Global Social Sciences Review, III(IV), 201-211. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-IV).14
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CHICAGO : Shahzad, Saqib, Ishtiaq Hussain, and Makhdoom Ali Syed. 2018. "Assessing Quality of Various Aspects of Secondary Education in Punjab." Global Social Sciences Review, III (IV): 201-211 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2018(III-IV).14
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HARVARD : SHAHZAD, S., HUSSAIN, I. & SYED, M. A. 2018. Assessing Quality of Various Aspects of Secondary Education in Punjab. Global Social Sciences Review, III, 201-211.
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MHRA : Shahzad, Saqib, Ishtiaq Hussain, and Makhdoom Ali Syed. 2018. "Assessing Quality of Various Aspects of Secondary Education in Punjab." Global Social Sciences Review, III: 201-211
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MLA : Shahzad, Saqib, Ishtiaq Hussain, and Makhdoom Ali Syed. "Assessing Quality of Various Aspects of Secondary Education in Punjab." Global Social Sciences Review, III.IV (2018): 201-211 Print.
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OXFORD : Shahzad, Saqib, Hussain, Ishtiaq, and Syed, Makhdoom Ali (2018), "Assessing Quality of Various Aspects of Secondary Education in Punjab", Global Social Sciences Review, III (IV), 201-211
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TURABIAN : Shahzad, Saqib, Ishtiaq Hussain, and Makhdoom Ali Syed. "Assessing Quality of Various Aspects of Secondary Education in Punjab." Global Social Sciences Review III, no. IV (2018): 201-211. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-IV).14