LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 11 : 7 July 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.

HOME PAGE

BOOKS FOR YOU TO READ AND DOWNLOAD FREE!

REFERENCE MATERIAL

BACK ISSUES

  • E-mail your articles and book-length reports in Microsoft Word to languageinindiaUSA@gmail.com.
  • Contributors from South Asia may e-mail their articles to
    B. Mallikarjun,
    Central Institute of Indian Languages,
    Manasagangotri,
    Mysore 570006, India     mallikarjun@ciil.stpmy.soft.net.

  • PLEASE READ THE GUIDELINES GIVEN IN HOME PAGE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE LIST OF CONTENTS.

  • Your articles and book-length reports should be written following the APA, MLA, LSA, or IJDL Stylesheet.

  • The Editorial Board has the right to accept, reject, or suggest modifications to the articles submitted for publication, and to make suitable stylistic adjustments. High quality, academic integrity, ethics and morals are expected from the authors and discussants.

Copyright © 2010
M. S. Thirumalai
Custom Search

A Comparative Study of the Quality of Education in Annual and Semester System in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Ghani Rahman, Ph.D. Scholar
Riaz-ud-Din, Ph.D. Scholar

Abstract

The present study is a comparative analysis of MA English results under annual and semester systems. This study aims at looking into the quality assurance in both the systems. The focus of the study is to find out the system that produces the best results in terms of quality assurance expected from the students of MA English. The results of the present study are consistent with the study of Tayaaba, et al., (2010) that there is a significant difference in quality of learners’ results between the two systems. It proves that semester system is comparatively better than the annual system with a few technical drawbacks of its own. The study concludes that the semester system is more appropriate for higher education like MA English as it makes the students fit to meet the requirements of the market in practical life. The study is limited to MA English results, but it could be generalized to other subjects as well. The study suggests further research into this area in terms of all other relevant technicalities. The study contributes to the knowledge of students about the two systems. It may also contribute in facilitating the universities in their decision making regarding the academic system which they intend to adopt in their concerned universities.

Introduction

Countries in the Subcontinent including Pakistan and India were under colonial rule. During their rule of the subcontinent, the British introduced the Annual system for education. In this kind of system a student is taught a subject for the whole year. Then his achievement is judged by a comprehensive examination upon which the assessment of the whole subject is based. The same model of education was followed in nearly all subjects. On the other hand, Semester system is really an American system of education (Jayanthi 2007).

This is only the beginning part of the article. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE IN PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION.

Ghani Rahman, Ph.D. (Linguistics) Scholar
Department of English
University of AJK
Muzafarabad
Pakistan
ghani_saba@yahoo.com

Riaz-ud-Din, Ph.D. (Linguistics) Scholar
Department of English
University of AJK
Muzafarabad
Pakistan
riazuddin66@yahoo.com

Custom Search
  • Click Here to Go to Creative Writing Section

  • Send your articles
    as an attachment
    to your e-mail to
    languageinindiaUSA@gmail.com.
  • Please ensure that your name, academic degrees, institutional affiliation and institutional address, and your e-mail address are all given in the first page of your article. Also include a declaration that your article or work submitted for publication in LANGUAGE IN INDIA is an original work by you and that you have duly acknowledged the work or works of others you either cited or used in writing your articles, etc. Remember that by maintaining academic integrity we not only do the right thing but also help the growth, development and recognition of Indian scholarship.