Examining the Psychosocial Barriers of Female Students in Academic Settings of Sindh: The Case of Public Sector University of Sindh, Pakistan
The collective responsibilities and rights of female students are ignored in the academic domain of Sindh, Pakistan. The third world countries are a mirror image of it and highlight their declining condition in the educational perspectives of female education. The twelve Psychosocial barriers are highlighted in this study. They are analyzed to know about their extent in female students in one of the Public sector universities of Sindh, Pakistan. The quantitative design was adopted, and a questionnaire was used as the instrument to measure percentages and frequencies. A five-point Likert Scale was selected for the process of data collection measurement from thirty female participants of the English department. The thirty female students represented four academic stages in a co-academic setting. After the analysis of data through SPSS software, the results affirmed that female students do face problems to pursue their higher education in the shape of psychological fears, uncomfortable situations, adoption of different rough attitudes against her existence in academics, dominancy of the male colleague in academic and societal boundaries, cultural and parental disparities in mind sets that ultimately results to the unawareness of societal conservative norms established in educational setting of Universities in Sindh, Pakistan.
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Barriers, Female, Psycho, Social, Students, University
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(1) Ali Siddiqui
MPhil Scholar, English Language Development Center (ELDC), Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET), Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.
(2) Tania Shabir Shaikh
MPhil Scholar, Institute of English Language and Literature (IELL), University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.
The Effects of Cardiovascular Exercises on Body Mass Index and Vital Capacity among Students of Sargodha University
This research was designed to evaluate the effect of cardiovascular exercises on body mass index (BMI) and vital capacity (VC) among student aged between 21-27 years (M ± SD 22.3± 3.05). The experimental research study was applied to 54 University students of Sargodha. Data were analyzed by using SPSS version 24.0. P-value ? 0.05 was considered significant. The result showed that the average BMI of the control group and experimental groups was 20.73±3.02 vs 21.51±3.21. The effectiveness of cardiovascular exercise on Vital capacity on Pre and post-test of the experimental group was -56.91272 ± 22.03192 with a pvalue of 0.000, which was showed there was a highly significant improvement in vital capacity of students and compare with the control group. It was concluded that body masses index and vital capacity is significantly improved in university students of the experimental group as a result of 10 weeks of the cardiovascular exercise training program. Conclude that there is a significant difference between the effects of cardiovascular exercise and daily routine sports activities on BMI.
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Cardiovascular Exercises, BMI Body Mass Index, VC Vital Capacity, University Students, and Sedentary Lifestyle
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(1) Yassar Iqbal
Lecturer, Department of Sports Sciences, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Zubia Savila
PhD Scholar, Centre for Sports and Exercise Sciences, University of Malaya, Malaysia.
(3) Muhammad Badar Habib
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education & Sports Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
Role of Organizational Environment in Reducing the Effect of Techno-Stress on Work Behavior of the University Teachers
This research determines the role of the Organizational Environment in reducing the effects of the Techno-Stress on Work Behavior of the University Teachers. The quantitative research method was followed whereas descriptive research design for being the most befitting in these kinds of investigations was opted for reaching certain findings and drawing the conclusions. The study was conducted on 394 university teachers appointed in various public sector Universities situated in the province of Punjab. A scheduled questionnaire built on a five-point Likert scale was used for gathering required data, whereas, in addition to descriptive analysis, inferential analysis of the collected data was done using t-test, correlation, and regression. Results of the study revealed that a significant correlation among the organizational environment and techno-stress prevails, whereas the analyzed data affirmed a significant effect of the techno-stress on the work behavior of the University Teachers.
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Organizational Environment, Techno-Stress, Work Behavior, University Teachers
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(1) Abid Ali Khan
PhDScholar, Department of Education, GC University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Asif Jamil
Professor,Department of Education,Qurtuba University of Science & Technology, DIKhan, KP, Pakistan.
(3) Khuda Bakhsh
Assistant Professor, Department of Education, GC University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
Teaching Context and Students' Learning: A Case Study of a Public Sector University
This is an exploratory research study that aimed at capturing students’ learning experience in a public sector university campus in a remote region in Pakistan. The sample included students in the last semester of their two years Master’s program in Education Data were generated through a questionnaire survey, in-depth interviews, and whole-class discussions with Master’s students of Education. Findings showed that the students saw their learning embedded inrelation to the interaction with the faculty members, availability of resources, and interactive teaching approaches. It surfaced that remoteness of the context and unavailability of the Internet, lack of relative skills, and English language deficiencies, were key challenges.
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Adult learning, Higher Education, Learning Experiences, Managing Learning, University Students
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(1) Muhammad Naeem Butt
Assistant Professor,Institute of Education and Research,University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Haji Karim Khan
Assistant Professor,Department of Educational Development, University of Baltistan, Skardu, Pakistan.
(3) Wilayat Bibi
Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
An Exploration of Issues and Challenges Faced by Students in Distance Learning Environment
This paper investigates the issues and challenges encountered by students obtaining distance education in Pakistan. We conducted interviews with students obtaining distance education and they were enrolled in different study programs. Qualitative interviews were conducted to understand the perception of the study participants regarding the issues and challenges faced by them in learning. Students from five distance learning programs were selected and five participants from each study program were interviewed in this study. The findings reveal that distance learning students encounter impediment in their learning due to their personal circumstances, teachers’ related issues, and due to assessment and evaluation issues. These factors negatively affect distance learners learning experiences. Based on the study findings, we provide recommendations to universities for enhancing distance learners experience.
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Distance education, Experiences, Learners, Challenges, University
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(1) Asaf Niwaz
Assistant Professor, Department of Education, The University of Haripur, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Qazi Waqas Ahmed
PhD. Scholar, Department of Education,University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.
(3) Sohail Kamran
Assistant Professor,Department of Business Administration, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
Variations in Parental Participation in Curricular and Co-Curricular Activities of University Students
This research was aims to examine the point of view of university students about parental participation in their curricular and co-curricular activities. It explores the comparisons in parental participation level regarding students gender, socio-economic status in public and private universities. This exploration followed the quantitative research method. The sample for this research consisted of the graduation students (boys and girls) of public and private sector universities which were located in Lahore district. A random sampling procedure was used to collect data from boys and girls studying in different universities. The sample size of this survey was 300 students. The researcher has constructed a questionnaire for finding out the opinions of students about their parental participation in their academics. After the collection of data, the data were analyzed. Findings of the research revealed that parental involvement was different due to gender, education and social status of university students.
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Parental Participation, differences, University students, Curricular and Co-curricular Activities.
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(1) Tahira Batool
Assistant Professor,Research and Evaluation DepartmentLahore College for Women University, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Jannat Riaz
Lahore College for Women University, Punjab, Pakistan.Research and Evaluation Department,Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan.
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
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Impact, Environment of University, Performance of Teachers,Higher Level
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(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.
Job Satisfaction Facet Company Policies and Practices of Public and Private Universities Teachers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Organizations claim to make policy changes for betterment in the workplace, improving operations or creating a safer environment for employees. But employees' initial reaction is often resistance to these changes unless they are convinced with the claim. This paper compares the opinions of teaching faculty of public and private universities on company policy and practices, sub variable of job satisfaction.The population contained all teaching faculty of universities in KP province. For drawing sample, universties selection was done randomly. Fourteen universities were selected through simple random sampling method out of 30 universites. 420 respondents were randomly selected from the population. Data collection was done through Minnesota Questionnaire. Insignificant difference is reported between the opinions of teaching faculty of these two sector universities on company policy and practices domain of their job satisfaction
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Job Satisfaction, Teaching Faculty, University, Policy and Practices
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(1) Rukhsana Aziz
PhD Scholar, Department of Education, Northern University, Nowshehra, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Rahmatullah Shah
Assistant Professor, Institute of Education and Research, University of Science & Technology Bannu, KP, Pakistan.
A Comparative and Narrative Analysis: Executive Leader as Team Builder at the University Level
This study was to compare and narrate the difference in the role of team building, through self-assessed inventory by VC (Executive Leader), observation sheet filled by co-workers as well as the narrated view of executive leaders regarding team-building of the newly established University of the region. Concurrent triangulation mixed-method design was followed. Vice-Chancellors of all Public universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan constitutes the population of the study. According to the design, the same sampling technique was used. Four ViceChancellors of newly established Universities and five observers among their co-workers of each VC were taken as respondents of the study. There were significant differences among the self-assessed views of VCs regarding team building and views of their coworkers and narrative views of executive leaders at newly established universities. For team leadership, egalitarian style, knowledge of emotional intelligence and target-oriented communication are recommended
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Executive Leader, Leadership, Team Building, University, Narrative Views.
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(1) Uzma Syeda Gilani
Lecturer in IER, University of Science and Technology, Bannu. KP, Pakistan.
(2) Umar Ali Khan
Director IER, Preston University, Kohat Campus, KP, Pakistan.
Internet Infrastructure in Africa: Status and Opportunities
There is a major information gap in Africa, where access to information is structurally disabled.This study was conducted taking the University of Dodoma in Tanzania as a case study. The causes for poor internet access were identified as: Lack of alignment between last-mile, middle-mile, and long-range network infrastructure; Tyranny of bad on-premises network design; Up to 15 network hops just to leave on-premises network architecture; Lack of best-practice templates and benchmarks for on-premises, middle-mile and national backbone network architecture in emerging and developing markets; and local operators charging exorbitant bandwidth prices. The US Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) definition of broadband is 25 Mbps per host. The World Bank defines broadband as 12 Mbps per hundred consumers.According to the United Nations, broadband is a basic human right and an absolute necessity for productivity and sustainable growth
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Internet, Infrastructure, Africa, Bandwidth, University
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(1) Muhammad Tehsin
Assistant Professor, Department of Defence % Strategic Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(2) Muhammad Muntazir Mehdi
Works at Microsoft.