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MISCONCEPTIONS OF STUDENTS IN LEARNING MATHEMATICS AT PRIMARY LEVEL
(UMT,Lahore, 2012) RANA GHULAM MOHYUDDIN
DYNAMICS OF QUALITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION IMPLICATIONS OF CUSTOMER SATISFACTION ON RANKING OF PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES
(UMT, Lahore, 2013) Seema Rahim
Better ranking as a measure of marketability is the prime need of private universities of Pakistan, in order to survive against the well-established public universities. The exponential expansion of higher education does not mean that all higher education institutions will sustain. The sustainability requires continuous improvement in services. Quality Assurance is a system to deal with issues related to development and improvement in higher education. Both, quality assurance and ranking of universities are emerging phenomena in Pakistan after the establishment of Higher Education Commission (HEC). Private universities are in initial stage of responding to these calls. They are taking retrospective measures for quality assurance, unmindful of the basic ingredient of quality, i.e. customer satisfaction. The concept of customer satisfaction cannot be separated from the quality of service of higher education, because private universities operate as business entities and compete for profit. The retention of loyal customers is crucial for independent revenue generation and sustenance of these higher education institutions.
LEADERSHIP STYLES AND STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT AT SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL DEVELOPMENT OF A LEADERSHIP MODEL
(UMT, Lahore, 2013) Farhat Munir
This study was designed to identify the leadership styles of secondary school principals and then to see its impact on students’ achievement at the same level. Principals’ leadership styles were identified through MLQ-5X form developed by Bass and Avolio in 1995.Three years students’ results of BISE (Board of intermediate and secondary education) were taken as students’ achievement. The results indicated that transactional leadership was the most practiced leadership style. The second dominant leadership style was transformational and the least practiced leadership style was passive avoidant. Passive avoidant was found most practiced leadership style by the secondary school leaders in public sector. The transformational and transactional leadership were found to have a significantly positive correlation with age.
THE USEFULNESS OF PUNJAB IT LABS PROJECT IN SCHOOLS OF PUNJAB
(UMT, Lahore, 2015) Muhammad Javid Qadir
The main purpose of the study was to assess the usefulness of Punjab IT Lab Project in schools of Punjab, Pakistan. The objective of the study was to find out the usefulness of IT Labs as regards to the plans and objectives of the Project and to assess the relevance of the Punjab IT Labs Project to academic needs of students. Efforts were made to find out the usefulness of IT labs as perceived by secondary and higher secondary schools teachers and students. A mixed method approach was used to conduct the study. The target population of the study comprised of students, teachers and head teachers of government educational institutions where IT Labs were established in Punjab province. There were 4286 schools where computer labs were established under the Punjab IT Labs Project. Six (6) districts were selected randomly among all 36 districts for study.
The Role of University in Transforming Self-Understanding and Meaning of Life in Students – A Critical Study of the University of Management and Technology (UMT)
(UMT, Lahore, 2015) Farah Naz
Currently, there is a shift towards intangible outputs of the connection of university to the meanings and life of students and faculty. However, it needs to be investigated how far a university is successful in its additional role. The present study is an attempt in the same direction where the University of Management & Technology Lahore (UMT), is critically analyzed in terms of outcomes of its role and its capacity for developing self- understanding, exploring meanings of life, and unfolding the evolving self to newer meanings by virtue of self- directed renewal and reference process.
Decline of Public Schools in Punjab and Strategies for their Revival
(UMT, Lahore, 2017) Syed Nasir Hussain Shah
The government of Pakistan has legal bindings and international commitments to provide education to its each and every citizen irrespective of gender, caste, creed, and race. Public school system in Pakistan works under the auspices of federal, provincial, and district governments, and offer education to masses. There are sufficient empirical evidences to support the idea that public schools have been experiencing a declining trend on different indicators like quality of students’ learning and outputs, enrolments of students, and parent dissatisfaction, etc. During discussions with experts and informed stakeholders, it was identified that public schools in Punjab are declining due to some social, governmental, and school related problems. This study was held to investigate the in-school factors which resulted decline of public schools in Punjab. The main objective of the study was to identify school-related problems of public schools in Punjab (Pakistan) and then propose strategies for the revival of these schools.
A STUDY OF INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP STYLES AT UNIVERSITY LEVEL IN PAKISTAN
(UMT, Lahore, 2017) Irfan Bashir
This mixed method research titled “A Study of Instructional Leadership Styles at University Level in Pakistan” was aimed to explore the phenomena of instructional leadership styles in public and private sector universities. The objectives included exploring the phenomenon of instructional leadership styles of the HoDs in the universities of Pakistan; finding out the most practiced and least practiced indicators (of Goleman’s) leadership styles by HoDs; finding out the differences between instructional leadership styles of the HoDs based on various demographic variables; and finally making recommendations in the light of the findings of the study. These objectives were broken into research questions and these research questions were further turned into null hypotheses. The study usedmultistage sampling techniques to select 120 HoDs, and 240 faculty to triangulate the self reported data of the HoDs.
Analysis of Curriculum With Respect to Citizenship Education at Secondary Level in Punjab
(2018) Memuna Perveen
The main objective of this study was to analyze the curriculum with respect to citizenship education at secondary level in Punjab. To achieve this objective, this study was accomplished in four phases. The phase I was related to the development and validation of checklist, as citizenship education is diversified field, thus the checklist was comprised of thirty five elements of citizenship which were identified with the help of literature review and its validity was assessed by a jury of experts. These elements were grouped into the six dimensions (main categories) of citizenship education such as communication and group work abilities, self-discipline, tolerance, political literacy, critical thinking and individuation. The phase II was concerned with the use of checklist for qualitative content analysis of three important sources of citizenship education. The first source was the curriculum documents 2006 of four subjects such as English, Urdu, Pakistan studies and Islamiyat of both 9th and 10thclasses. The second source was used for analyzing the content of textbooks of all four subjects mentioned above of 9th and 10th classes.
A STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHERS’ ASSESSMENT LITERACY TRAINING PROGRAM FOR HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN PUNJAB
(UMT, Lahore, 2018) JAHAN ARA SHAMS
The researchers in the field of educational assessment are continuously advocating the teachers to be literate in classroom assessment as it is the international need and recognition. The teachers are key agents in classroom assessment process implementation while literature shows low classroom assessment literacy on the part of teachers. The purpose of the study was to explore the effectiveness of the training program/module in enhancing the Classroom Assessment Literacy of university teachers. It also investigated the private and public sector university Teachers’ Classroom Assessment Literacy. Regular teaching faculty i.e. 5780 in private and public sector general universities of Lahore, Pakistan was the population of the study. For investigation of Teachers’ Classroom Assessment Literacy, the researcher selected 6 private and 2 public sector general universities using proportionate sampling technique, i.e., 40% of public and private sector universities in Lahore, Punjab.
Role of Educational Leaders for the Promotion of Quality Learning Environment in the Public and Private Sector Universities at Lahore
(UMT, Lahore, 2019) Rahila Nizami
It is a mixed methods study, about investigating the roles of educational leaders for quality learning environment in the Public and Private sector universities at Lahore. The objective of this study was to identify the gaps in the roles being played and entrusted to educational leaders. It highlights the current picture by finding the practiced roles being compared with the quality and leadership of public and private universities, point out the quality indicators and relationship of leadership with learning environment in the selected universities. The study was restricted to the public and private universities of Lahore which are recognized by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. The population consisted of all the Deans, Directors, HODs, Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors and lecturers of the universities at Lahore working in the four faculties like Natural Sciences, Management Sciences, Arts and Humanities and the Social Sciences. This population was divided in two tiers viz tier one was comprised of Deans, Directors, HODs, Professors, Associate Professors second tier was stretched over Assistant Professors and lecturers of the universities at Lahore working in the four faculties. Census sampling was done for the first tier and for the second tier all were approached and those who gave their willingness were added in the sample.
THE VOICES OF OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION POLICY
(UMT, Lahore, 2019) Farzana Nazir
This study was aimed to investigate and document the voices of Out of School Children and their Parents in order to identify some implications for education policy. This study identified major causes for being out of school such as policy barriers because of poor legislation, psychological and cultural constraints, demographic changes, and socioeconomic disparities. Qualitative research approach with a case study design and the ethnographic method was used to explore the views for being oof school for children and their parents in-depth and to get a clear picture of their problems which were the main causes of being out of school. For this purpose Thematic analysis of interviews of both children and parents regarding out of school and drop out children, focus group discussion of children, focus group discussion of parents, reasons for out of school Facebook data and reasons for dropout Facebook data was conducted. This process was done with the help of NVivo 11 plus software. The population comprised of Out of School Children and their parents in Punjab.
Effect of Disability, Distance and Destitution on Hopes for Inclusion of Children with Disabilities in Schools
(UMT, Lahore, 2019) Afaf Manzoor
The case of out of school children in Pakistan is vital to resolve in gaining a respectable place among global community. Children with disabilities are disproportionally and systematically marginalized in Pakistan. In-spite of many efforts by government, a large number (95%) of those children have no access to education and only 5% are in all types of schools. This huge disparity indicates that existing schooling that consists of segregated thought and charity paradigm is inherently incapable to bring out of school children in school. Moreover, these children constitute one third of 20 million children who are out of school. It appears that commitments on national and international treaties cannot be fulfilled until these children are mainstreamed in the system. The right based approach is a viable solution internationally and is now getting its roots in Pakistan as well. Various empirical studies indicated that poverty and disability are major causes that keep children out of school. Even this relationship is bilateral and serve as both cause and effect.
FAMILY SOCIAL CAPITAL AS A PREDICTOR FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN MULTAN DIVISION
(UMT, Lahore, 2019) GHULAM MURTAZA
The purpose of the study was to find out association between family social capital and academic achievement of the secondary school students. The study was confined to (632) public secondary schools (male and female, urban and rural) in Multan division. The sample of the study was 886 urban students (boys), 785 urban students (girls), 803 rural students (boys) and 337 rural students (girls).The total sample comprised of 2811 students of 9th class. After reviewing the related literature, a hypothetical framework was developed to measure the family social capital of secondary school students. A self-inventory of five point rating scale was developed for the students of 9th class. There were twenty-seven statementsabout students’ demography. The self-inventory was consisted of sixty statements. The self inventory was divided into six components: education level of the family, family-child relationships, familial monitoring, family expectations, parenting style (attitude) and parent school association. The validation of research instrument was checked by five research experts in education. The reliability of research instrument was .89. The factor loading of components of family social capital was determined by using Component Factor Analysis (Exploratory Factor Analysis). Sampling Adequacy was measured by using KMO (Kaiser Meyer-Olkin) of Sampling Adequacy that was .92(marvelous). Academic achievement of the students were determined from the marks of SSC Examinations year 2015.
EFFECTS OF PARENTS’ BELIEFS ON THEIR CHOICES FOR EARLY INTERVENTION TO CHILDREN WITH AUTISM
(UMT, Lahore, 2019) Amna Arif
The main objectives of the present study were to investigate the indigenous early intervention approaches for Autism in Punjab, Pakistan, unfold the beliefs of parents about the causes of autism and exploring the relationship between the beliefs of parents and selection of early intervention approach, exploring the association between the type of intervention and the severity of autism and unfold the process of decision-making parents follow to select an early intervention approach, underline the most common symptoms of autism parents notice and their effects on their choice of intervention. Last but not least, the study also intended to highlight the demographic characteristics of parents and children which influence their beliefs and choice. The study was descriptive in nature and conducted a survey by using quantitative research method.
Public Private Partnership in Education Current Practices and Problems in Punjab
(UMT, Lahore, 2020) Syed Hassan Waqar
Globalization has extended the challenges of Government of Pakistan in phrases of service delivery of education to its each and every citizen due to technological and economic developments. Education is appreciably believed to be essential for any nation’s economic, political, and social development. For over a decade in Pakistan, public private partnership have been promoted as a key approach for increasing efficiency, generating resources and improving the quality of education services delivery, specifically to the poor. Public Private Partnership’s initiatives in education seem to promise a way to deal with educational challenges and meet worldwide commitments. There are sufficient empirical evidences to support the idea that Public Private Partnership in schools under Punjab Education Foundation project have not been experiencing an expanding trend on different indicators like quality of students’ learning and outputs, enrolments of students, and parent dissatisfaction, etc.
THE ROLE OF HEAD TEACHERS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CURRICULUM AT SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL
(UMT, Lahore, 2021) Sajida Mukhtar
This correlational research was conducted in a positivist paradigm to examine role in successful curriculum implementation at secondary schools. The role has been checked in the context of school heads to implement the curriculum. Though school heads supervision plays a significant role in the curriculum implementation, contribution is yet more substantial who are the chief actors and primary deliverers of the curriculum content. The research purpose was to determine the interactive-effect of school heads teaching style (traditional Vs. progressive) of school teachers on curriculum implementation. Multistage sampling was used to draw a sample from a large and diverse population. s were collected from 621 teachers and 36 school principals from six districts of Punjab. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to determine the interactive effect of leadership style and strategies of school principals, the teaching style of teachers, and. Content analysis was used with Structure equation models produced two independent models of curriculum implementation success.
STAFF APPRAISAL SYSTEM AND PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN PUNJAB
(UMT, Lahore, 2021) MUHAMMAD NADEEM
The Appraisal system has been given much importance for the improvement of twenty-first-century teachers. The Punjab Education Department assumes that the performance appraisal system currently used for higher secondary school teachers measures teachers‘ efficiency. It also allows them to reflect on their performance and revise their attitude and behaviors to achieve the goal. The present research is conducted to examine the effectiveness of the existing staff appraisal system by applying Decenzo and Robbins model. ―Staff Appraisal System and Teachers‘ performance‖ of higher secondary schools. The study at hand was undertaken by using a sequential explanatory mixed methods design. The researcher used a multi stage random sampling technique to access the target population from 9 districts of Punjab. After piloting and taking proper measures for reliability and validity, the final self-constructed questionnaire was distributed among school teachers and principals in the selected districts to reach the target sample. A self-constructed questionnaire and interview protocols were used to collect data. Firstly, survey data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.
EXPLORATION OF NATIONAL IDENTITY ANALYSIS OF TEXTBOOKS PUBLISHED BY THE STATE TEXTBOOK BOARDS IN PAKISTAN
(UMT, Lahore, 2021) Ashar Johnson
The textbook publication both at the Federal and Provincial levels is a state controlled regime in Pakistan, and the Pakistani textbook regime has been embroiled in controversies for the last few decades. The local circumstances and the international pressure to curb extremism made Pakistan rethink its education and curriculum policies. The rethinking by the state resulted in new education and curriculum policies with a different outlook on Pakistan and the world. The Ministry of Education prepared curriculum documents that contained detailed guidelines for textbook writers, reviews, and approvers. This study analysed textbooks of Social Studies, History, Geography, English, and Urdu prepared for use in state schools for pupils studying from classes four to eight.
Problems Faced by Students with Hearing Impairment in Higher Education and Development of a Plan for their Effective Participation
(UMT, Lahore, 2021) Qurrat ul Ain
This research study was conducted to identify the problems faced by students with hearing impairment in higher education institutes and a plan was proposed for their effective participation. The participants for the present study were 48 teachers and 246 students with hearing impairment enrolled in higher education institutions. A 40 item rating scale was used. The scale was based on five broad areas i.e. access to higher education, organizational problems, communication and socialization problems, academic problems and psychological problems. The reliability of the both scales was more than i.e.0.80 as indicated by Cronbach Alpha. The findings of the study revealed that a few higher education institutions accept SWHI and Private HEIs offer fee waiver of different nature.
CHALLENGES AND NEEDS OF NOVICE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS RELATED TO CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AT ELEMENTARY LEVEL IN LAHORE
(UMT, Lahore, 2021) AYESHA SALEEM
Novice elementary school teachers may have professional teacher education degrees, but they often experience many difficulties in the actual classroom settings, especially while managing classrooms in the early years of their teaching. International literature and research emphasize the fact that many novice teachers leave the job when they find themselves unable to manage the class effectively. This study aimed to explore the challenges and needs of novice elementary public-school teachers in Lahore, related to classroom management in their initial three years. The challenges focused in this study were physical facilities related challenges, administration-related challenges, students-behaviour-related challenges, and teachers‘ self-created challenges in classroom management.

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