LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 11 : 11 November 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

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Academic Value of “O” and “A” Levels Education System in Pakistan

Umbreen Ishfaq, Ph.D. Muhammad Naseer Ud Din, Ph.D. and Shamas ul Huda, MS. Scholar

Abstract

Education is a process of living through a continuous reconstruction of experiences. It is the development of all those capacities in the individual, which will enable him to control his environment and fulfill his possibilities. Education, in its limited sense, included and influences deliberately planned, chosen and employed by the community for the welfare of its coming generations. The purpose is to modify the behavior of the child and to shape his personality in a more desirable form.

The major purpose of the study was to investigate the academic value of O and A levels, as viewed by students, parents and teachers. The population of the study was all O and A level schools, O and A level students, their parents and teachers in Pakistan. The sample of the study covered 45 schools, 230 teachers, 450 O and A level students and their parents. The sample of the study was drawn from Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi and Peshawar. For the collection of data, three questionnaires, one each for O and A level students, their parents and the teachers of O and A level were developed. Three structured interviews i.e. one each for O and A level students, their parents and the teachers were designed. Data were collected through personal visits. For the analysis of data percentage and chi square as contingency test were used.

It was concluded through this study that Academic value of O and A levels education system in Pakistan was due to better learning, fair examination system, advanced and better curriculum, easy admission in foreign universities, provision of quality education, better learning environment, knowledge based education system, status symbol for family, flexible scheme of studies, up-to-date, comprehensive and informative courses, international acceptance and recognition, better professional careers and dynamic future for students. It was also found that O and A levels education system were expensive in Pakistan. Majority of the students belong to elite class of society.

Keywords: Academic Value, O and A Levels, Education System, Quality Education.

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Umbreen Ishfaq, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Education
Hazara University and Mansehra
Mansehra - Khyber Pakthunkawa
Pakistan
umbreenishfaq@hotmail.com

Muhammad Naseer Ud Din, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Institute of Education and Research
Kohat University and Science Technology - (KUST)
Kohat- Khyber Pakthunkawa
Pakistan
drmnaseeruddin@yahoo.com
naseer_khanpk2000@yahoo.com
naseerkust@yahoo.com

Shamas ul Huda, MS. Scholar
Research Scholar
Management Sciences
Federal Urdu University
Islamabad
Pakistan
shamassatti@yahoo.com
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