LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 11 : 6 June 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

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Maternal Role in Basic Education of Children at
the Primary Level of Education in Kohat City

Ishtiaq Hussain, Ph.D.
Waseem Humayoun, M.B.B.S.
Muhammad Bashir, M.B.B.S.
Aijaz Ahmed Gujjar, Ph.D. Scholar

Abstract

The study was designed to investigate the effect of mother involvement in the basic education of children at the primary level in Kohat city. All the students studying in government primary schools of Kohat City constituted the population of the study. A study was delimited to the 5th class of government primary school PAF, Bazaar Kohat.

Fifty students of 5th class were taken as sample of the study. Students of 5th class were divided into two groups (25+25) on the basis of interview, i.e., ones whose mothers were involved in their studies and others whose mothers not involved in their studies as these mothers were illiterates. A test was constructed in the subject of mathematics and its content validity was determined by the experts. A test was was ministered to the 5th class of government primary school PAF, Bazaar Kohat.

The collected data was analysed and statistical tools such as mean scores of the groups, variance and t-test were used to find out the effect of mother involvement in the basic education of mathematics at the primary level. The results of the investigation revealed that there is significant difference between the students whose mothers were involved with them in their basic education and the students whose mothers were not involved with them in their studies.

Key Words: Mother’s Involvement, Basic Education, mathematics, constructed, variance, determine.

Introduction

Education is a vehicle of nation-building through which a nation’s shared interpretation of history and cultural values are reproduced across generations. At the country level, education means strong economic growth due to productive and skilled labour force. At the individual level, education is strongly correlated to higher returns in earning and a more informed existence. The emerging global scenario offers immense opportunities and challenges. Only those nations can benefit from it which has acquired knowledge base and skills.

Pakistan is in utter need of raising the literacy rate for joining the club of developed countries. Unfortunately the literacy rate, according to the record of 2007, is about 54%. In this connection much systematic effort is the need of the time. The pressing need is to raise the question how we can upgrade and modernize our educational system. This question must be answered with objectivity to remove all the hurdles which directly or indirectly make our efforts less effective.

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Ishtiaq Hussain, Ph.D.
Director
Institute of Education & Research
Kohat University of Science & Technology
Kohat
Pakistan
dr.ishtiaqhussain@yahoo.com

Waseem Humayoun, M.B.B.S.

Muhammad Bashir, M.B.B.S.

Aijaz Ahmed Gujjar, Ph.D. Scholar
Federal College of Education
H-9 Islamabad, Pakistan
seek_to_learn@yahoo.com

 



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