The Lost Glory of Urdu Medium Schools: A Socio-Academic Survey on White Collar Parents' Perceptions about English Medium Schools' Superiority
This article descriptively unfolds the socio-academic perceptions of white-collar parents about the superiority of English medium over Urdu medium schools. An opinionnaire containing twenty-five opinion items was administered to fifty parents who send their wards to popularly known as English medium schools. The results of the study show that the majority of parents are fearful about the socio- academic or professional future of the children if sent to Urdu medium schools, which are either in the public sector or known as Galli/mohallah schools having eye-catching names. The study unfolds that a majority of parents themselves studied at Urdu medium schools, which, according to them, were once capable of catering to the multi-faceted needs of the students. Hence, the study invites the attention of the policymakers to address the issue and try to bring back the lost glory of the Urdu medium/public sector schools, which may guarantee the socio-economic future of students.
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English and Urdu Medium Schools, Galli/Mohallah Schools, Socio-Academic Perceptions, Economic and Professional Needs
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(1) Muhammad Saleem
Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Government Islamia College Civil Lines, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Mubashar Nadeem
Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Muhammad Amjad Abid
Lecture, Department of Urdu, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Saleem, M., Nadeem, M., & Abid, M. A. (2021). The Lost Glory of Urdu Medium Schools: A Socio-Academic Survey on White Collar Parents' Perceptions about English Medium Schools' Superiority. Global Social Sciences Review, VI(I), 57-64. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).07
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CHICAGO : Saleem, Muhammad, Mubashar Nadeem, and Muhammad Amjad Abid. 2021. "The Lost Glory of Urdu Medium Schools: A Socio-Academic Survey on White Collar Parents' Perceptions about English Medium Schools' Superiority." Global Social Sciences Review, VI (I): 57-64 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).07
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HARVARD : SALEEM, M., NADEEM, M. & ABID, M. A. 2021. The Lost Glory of Urdu Medium Schools: A Socio-Academic Survey on White Collar Parents' Perceptions about English Medium Schools' Superiority. Global Social Sciences Review, VI, 57-64.
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MHRA : Saleem, Muhammad, Mubashar Nadeem, and Muhammad Amjad Abid. 2021. "The Lost Glory of Urdu Medium Schools: A Socio-Academic Survey on White Collar Parents' Perceptions about English Medium Schools' Superiority." Global Social Sciences Review, VI: 57-64
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MLA : Saleem, Muhammad, Mubashar Nadeem, and Muhammad Amjad Abid. "The Lost Glory of Urdu Medium Schools: A Socio-Academic Survey on White Collar Parents' Perceptions about English Medium Schools' Superiority." Global Social Sciences Review, VI.I (2021): 57-64 Print.
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OXFORD : Saleem, Muhammad, Nadeem, Mubashar, and Abid, Muhammad Amjad (2021), "The Lost Glory of Urdu Medium Schools: A Socio-Academic Survey on White Collar Parents' Perceptions about English Medium Schools' Superiority", Global Social Sciences Review, VI (I), 57-64
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TURABIAN : Saleem, Muhammad, Mubashar Nadeem, and Muhammad Amjad Abid. "The Lost Glory of Urdu Medium Schools: A Socio-Academic Survey on White Collar Parents' Perceptions about English Medium Schools' Superiority." Global Social Sciences Review VI, no. I (2021): 57-64. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2021(VI-I).07