SEARCH ARTICLE

19 Pages : 202-209

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).19      10.31703/gssr.2020(V-II).19      Published : Jun 2020

Analysis of the Impact of Investment in Education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa During 2001-2015

    It is a descriptive study that used a mix method of research. The data were collected from primary and secondary sources. The type of sampling technique followed in this study was first to select the clusters and then selecting the specified number of respondents from each selected cluster. First the respondents were categorized as principals and teachers of schools, colleges and Regional Institutes of Teachers Education and key informants at the provincial level. Then purposive sample was drawn from clusters of those subjects who could provide useful information about the study. In order to suggest a remedy for the solution to these problems it was recommended that both access and quality should be improved making the education affordable for all concerned. It was recommended that the issues of absorption and marketability of graduates at different levels of education should be addressed in the national policies.

    Impact, Investment in Education, Allocation, Expenditure, Priorities.
    (1) Saira Begum
    PhD Scholar, Department of Education, Sarhad University of Science and Technology, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Mohammad Iqbal
    Director, Department of Education, Sarhad University of Science and Technology, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Niaz Muhammad Aajiz
    Assistant Professor, Islamia College University, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.

21 Pages : 198-208

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-I).21      10.31703/gssr.2020(V-I).21      Published : Mar 2020

Do US News and Volatility in Exchange Rate Exposure Matter (Empirical Evidence from Emerging Economies)

    This study is aimed to examine the impact of US News and exchange rate exposure on emerging economies of Pakistan, China, Turkey and Iran. Daily exchange rates have been used for the period Jan 1, 2003 to Dec 31, 2018 to identify the volatility in exchange rate exposure due to news effect. US News is modeled with variance equation respectively for each country exchange rate. GARCH (1,1) by Bollerslev (1986), and EGARCH (1,1) by Nelson (1991) models have been used to estimate the volatility of exchange rate dynamics. Results indicate that impact of US News is significantly positive on the exchange rate of Pakistan and China and the results of US news impact on Turkey and Iran are insignificant. Present study is helpful for investors, financial analysts and economic decision makers for understanding the changing dynamics of exchange rate volatility.

    Exchange rate, EGARCH, US News Impact Curve, Volatility.
    (1) Rana Shahid Imdad Akash
    Assistant Professor,School of Business Management,NFC-IEFR, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Kashif Hamid
    Assistant Professor,Institute of Business Management Sciences,University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Iqbal Mahmood
    Associate Professor,Government College of Commerce, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.

13 Pages : 93-98

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-IV).13      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-IV).13      Published : Dec 2019

Investigating the Impact of Field Trips on Secondary School Students' Attitude to Learning of Sciences

    The main objective of the paper was to determine the impact of the study tour on students’ attitudes at secondary level. It was experimental research study. The population for this research was comprised of 130 science students of 10th class chosen randomly from private institute of Okara district located in division Sahiwal of Punjab province. Attitude to Science Questionnaire (ASQ) containing content from physics was used as research instrument. The validity of research instrument for this study was improved though experts’ recommendations and the reliability were found to be 0.81. It was very clear from the findings that experimental group had positive attitude towards science as compared to other groups. It was also found that field trips promote science attitude and develop positive interest of the students in science. The school administration may manage field trips for the promotion of scientific attitude in the students.

    Impact, Science Attitude, Physics, Field Trips, Experimental Group.
    (1) Muhammad Shabbir Ali
    Assistant Professor,Department of Education,University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Nasrin Akhtar
    Assistant Professor,Department of Education,University of Okara, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Arshad
    SST Science,School Education Department,Govt. Fazilka Islamia Model High School Pakpattan, Punjab, Pakistan.

37 Pages : 286-294

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-IV).37      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-IV).37      Published : Dec 2019

The University Environment's Contributions to the Teachers' Performance

    The current investigation is a struggle to find the University’s environment’s contributions to the teachers’ performance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The overall population under this study was 4000 teachers and 79000 students enrolled in 19 universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Different sampling techniques were used at different levels (Multistage). At the first stage out of 19 public sectors HEC recognized general universities, only six universities were selected through simple random sample technique. At second stage a stratified random sample of 270 students of six universities was taken for this study. Two questionnaire one for performance of teachers and second for internal environment was used. The ANOVA, t-statistic and Regression were used. The result shows the significant contributions of environment in the teachers’ performance

    Impact, Environment of University, Performance of Teachers,Higher Level
    (1) Qamar Uz Zaman
    Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Education,Qurtuba University of Science and Technology, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Liaquat Hussain Shah
    Assistant Professor,Institute of Education and Research, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Asif Jamil
    Professor, Department of Education, Qurtuba University of Science and Technology, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.

29 Pages : 229-234

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).29      10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).29      Published : Sep 2019

Tobacco Farming and Its Social Impacts on Farmers in the Rural Mardan, Pakistan

    Despite the growing concern regarding the hazardous effects of tobacco by the international community, tobacco farming still prevails worldwide. This study was planned to explore how the rural farmers perceive the significance of tobacco farming in term of its social impacts on the farming community in district Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Tobacco farming was taken as independent variables and its social impacts on the farmers were selected as the outcome variable. The social impact variable was operationalized with sub-variables as income, social status, expanding kin relationships, labor opportunity, and linkages with people of different social background. Data were collected from 144 tobacco growers through structured questionnaire and analyzed through correlation and regression models. The study concluded that tobacco farming brings about positive impacts on the social status of the farming community by increasing their income, elevates their social status, expands kin relationships, and provides labor opportunity to the farmers.

    Community, Farmers, Impact, Social, Tobacco
    (1) Khalil ur Rahman
    Assistant professor,Department of Sociology,Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Syed Imran Haider
    Assistant Professor,Department of Sociology, Allama IqbalOpen University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Abid Ali
    PhD Scholar, Department of Sociology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.

06 Pages : 46-58

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-I).06      10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-I).06      Published : Mar 2022

Theory of Deconstruction: A Study of Scholastic Scope Thereof

    This research article primarily dealt with the impact of theory of deconstruction in various disciplines; it endeavored to study the power of pervasion of this notable literary and philosophical theory into other areas of study including the field of education, too. Theory of deconstruction as propounded by Jacques Derrida, famous French abstruse thinker and philosopher of twentieth century, emphasizes the transient nature of the meaning of a text by finding various aporias -- a logical dis-junction in a text -- and impasses lying in the text whatever. Such aporias disturb the underlying system of logic of the text under consideration leading to its own negation.Being considered as the main building block of Postmodernism --a style and concept in the arts characterized by distrust of theories and ideologies and by the drawing of attention to conventions -- this aggrandized theory has pervaded a great many fields of knowledge changing their fundamental claims altogether . In this way, this theory has gained much attention in the realm of knowledge. This article, as a matter of fact, studies this very influence of theory of deconstruction in the realm of various disciplines.

    Theory, Deconstruction, Derrida, Education, Aporias, Postmodernism, Impact/influence.
    (1) Ghulam Sarwar Butt
    Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, Government Associate College, Pasrur, Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Naveed Khalid
    Resource Person, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Tariq Hussain
    Assistant Professor, Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

13 Pages : 125-133

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-I).13      10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-I).13      Published : Mar 2022

Diachronic Change in English Orthography with Proliferation of Computer- Mediated Communication (CMC)

    Every living thing faces a change. English, being a living language,has also gone through a course of variation since its initiation. These variations have been detected in English at every level. Most importantly,English orthography has changed a lot. The current study explores the impact of CMC on English orthography. Centered on some parameters and classification of data, this research principally investigates the Facebook status over the last three years. The study reveals that the existing English orthography is abridged and compact as compared to Standard English.Vowels underwent deletion in written script whereas pronouns are not present in many cases. Simplification in English spellings exhibits exceptional novelties i.e., numeric insertions in text, creativity in written structure,omission of letters, and phonological, phonemic and morphological changes in orthography. This research argues that there has always been a diachronic change in English spellings and CMC has accelerated it.

    English, Orthography, CMC, Impact, Standard English, Variations
    (1) Jahanzeb Jahan
    Lecturer in English, Department of English Language and Literature, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Humaira Irfan
    Associate Professor of English, Department of English Language and Literature, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Kiran Jahanzeb
    University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

35 Pages : 371-387

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-I).35      10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-I).35      Published : Mar 2022

Comparative Study of Traditional and Contemporary Houses in Abbottabad: Environmental Impact Assessment

    The use of new construction materials, active cooling and heating systems, and rising global temperatures are surprisingly harming our environment and are contributing to pollution and the depletion of the ozone layer. The study focuses on several thermal comfort strategies for residential building designs and passive design techniques used in Abbottabad, Pakistan,traditional houses. The research also offers a descriptive examination of a traditional and a modern built house, highlighting the problems caused by the absence of conventional passive design elements in the latter. The research comes to a conclusion and suggests environmental protection measures that modern homes should use in the future.

    Comparative Study, Traditional, Environmental Impact Assesment
    (1) Sheikh Haris Iftikhar
    Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Hazara University, Manshera, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Adnan Anwar
    Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Hazara University, Manshera, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Raja Abbas Ahmed Khan
    Principal Architect, Raja Abbas Architects, Abbottabad, KP, Pakistan.

49 Pages : 524-533

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2023(VIII-I).49      10.31703/gssr.2023(VIII-I).49      Published : Mar 2023

Assessing the Impact of Climate-Smart Adaptation Strategies on Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in Punjab amidst Climate Change

    This article examines climate-smart adaptation strategies and their impact on agriculture and food security in Punjab's Chakwal District, Pakistan. The study assesses climate change effects, evaluates adaptation methods, and identifies challenges for scaling up. Results show climate change is harming agricultural production, affecting weather patterns and reducing yields. Though climate-smart strategies are implemented, their effectiveness needs improvement. Lack of farmer awareness hinders scaling up. Findings stress raising awareness, providing support, and strengthening institutions for adoption. Policymakers, NGOs, and stakeholders can benefit from the study's implications. Efforts should focus on increasing awareness, support, and institutional strengthening for effective implementation. The survey provides insights for future interventions and policies to boost climate resilience in the region.

    Climate-smart Adaptation Strategies, Sustainable Agriculture, Food Security, Climate Change Impacts
    (1) Um-e-Ammara Kousar
    Ph. D. Scholar, Department of Economics & Agri-Economics, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Hafsah Batool
    Lecturer/Head of International Resource Centre (DFDI), Department of Economics, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Rubab Aslam Malik
    Visitor in Economics, University of Education Lahore (Vehari Campus), Vehari, Punjab, Pakistan.

05 Pages : 39-47

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-IV).05      10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-IV).05      Published : Dec 2022

Slave Trade and Dehumanization of Afro-American Women in Gyasi’s Homegoing: A Black Feminist Study

    In this article, bell books' ground-breaking black feminist approach is adopted to examine the lingering impact of slave trade of Afro-American women in contemporary America. Slavery in the past stigmatized the present lives of Afro-American women. Even though slavery was abolished, the terrible effects of the slave trade continue to demean, degrade, and caricature black women in the western world of today. hooks' radical black feminist ideas
    reveal how racial discrimination and sexual orientation towards black women rob them of their social identity and place in white supremacist society. This research critiques all the forms of dehumanization black women experience in the white world starting with historical enslavement and ending in the present dehumanization. In the white media, theatre, music, literature, and other disciplines, black women are presented as sexy, bold, aggressive, hypersexual, angry, impatient, violent, macho, insensitive, incompetent, and lazy. The contemporary lives of Afro-American women are being plagued by the effects of the slave trade in the white world.

    Slave Trade, Dehumanization, Lingering Impact, Afro-American Women
    (1) Sana Zafar
    Lecturer, Department of English, Shiblee Group of Colleges, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Ghulam Murtaza
    Professor, Department of English Literature, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Saira Zaheer
    Teacher, Department of English, Government Girls Primary School Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.