Digital competence is now considered the most vital skill to thrive in today's information age. This study aimed to examine the gender and urban-rural divide in the digital competence of university students. We surveyed 241 undergraduate and graduate students in the universities of Sindh, Pakistan. The findings showed that there was no significant…

In the past two decades, the Government of Pakistan has significantly invested in higher education (HE) to bring structural reforms in funding, governance, and quality assurance mechanisms. Their overarching mission has been to fuel national socioeconomic development by ensuring equal access to HE. Given this, the present study aimed to address…

Policies shift their focus from increasing enrolment to quality improvement and enhancing the conceptual knowledge and investigating skills of the students. Students' achievement scores are generally considered the true reflectors of quality improvement. This study investigated the relationship between public sector students' physics achievement…

Understanding the determinants of teacher mobility is important in order to implement effective policies for the recruitment, retention, and fair allocation of teachers. The teacher transfer policy implemented in Punjab, Pakistan, is intended to address corruption and a fair allocation of teachers in public schools. However, the policy has…

Purpose of this study was to investigate teachers' conceptions, attitude and practices of educational technology. Mixed-methods approach was adapted for this study. Sample of the study was 300 secondary school teachers. Self-designed questionnaire containing 15 items was administered for quantitative data, while interview was conducted with ten…

Quality of science education is under the consideration of educationists and researchers. Achievement in science subjects, which is one of the indicators of quality of science education, determines not only the students' performance but it also helps the teachers to evaluate their teaching strategies. This study is an effort to explore the factors…

School is a miniature society where learners interact with each other during classroom practices. Teachers provide opportunities to students for active participation to make them responsible for socialization. They exercise democratic practices in classrooms to modify students' democratic thoughts to meet social demands of democracy. Present…

Although the larger portion of the world population is women but hardly 25% women are employed. Furthermore, they have been given second class status. Considering the need and importance of job for women, a survey regarding the impact of job on the social status of women has been conducted. A sample of 100 employed and 100 unemployed women was…

This study was designed to determine the role of Pakistan studies in promoting political awareness among the secondary level students in Pakistan. The study was delimited to three divisions of the Punjab province. A sample of 480 students was taken from the High and Higher Secondary Schools of Faisalabad, Multan and Rawalpindi Divisions. The tools…

The process of inspection is not new in education; it is used to monitor teachers' performance which is dated back to the colonial period. Due to increase in number of schools, teachers, and students it was observed that multiple vigilance techniques are being used to cope with the problems such as absenteeism from duties, lack of professionalism,…

The present study aimed at investigating socio economic status, school climate and study habits of secondary school students as determinants of academic achievement. The study also explored study habits based on gender and locale basis. The study was conducted on 1500 students of 10th grade from 60 schools. Data were collected through School…

The present investigation was conducted to identify relationship between moral atmosphere of school and moral development of secondary school students. An adapted and validated questionnaire (Cronbach alpha .795) was used to know the perceptions of students regarding moral atmosphere of school and one adopted interview inventory (Cronbach alpha…

Purpose: Recent educational research has demonstrated rural-urban gaps in achievement and schooling conditions. Evidence from developing countries is still sparse. This study seeks to report rural-urban disparities in achievement, student, teacher, and school characteristics based on a nationally representative sample of grade four students from…

The author compared study attitudes of low and high achievers by using a self-developed study attitude scale (SAS) consisting of 36 items. Academic performance was measured through marks obtained by the students in the 9th grade examination conducted by the external body. The analysis revealed that the study attitude of secondary school students…

The study orientation of low and high academic achievers was compared, measured through a self-developed study orientation scale (SOS) primarily based on 47 items comparing study habits and attitude. Students' marks obtained in the 10th grade Examination determined the measure of academic performance. The analysis revealed that the high achievers…