karamat iqbal [email protected]. born in pakistan in birmingham since age 12 youth...
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Karamat [email protected]
• Born in Pakistan • In Birmingham since age 12 • Youth Worker, Teacher, Adviser, Consultant• Author:
• ‘Dear Birmingham’ – on Pakistani exclusion • White working class education reports
• Current: • Educational Practitioner• Director: Multi-academy Trust• PhD student – Warwick University
18/04/23Karamat Iqbal
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18/04/23Karamat Iqbal
www.forwardpartnership.org.uk
Fig 6b. 2011 GCSE and Equivalent 5+ A*-C including GCSE English and Maths by Ethnic Group, Gender and Free School Meals
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Region Total 2003 Total 2013 Increase 2003-2013
North East 2,950 4,330 1,740
North West 29,460
43,95514,495
Yorkshire & Humber 39.640
56,27516,635
East Midlands 6,770 10,820 4,050
West Midlands
Bham40,160
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East of England 9,810 15,725 5,915
London 30,630 42,790 12,160
South East 14,470 22,240 7,770
South West 1,210 2,270 1,060
Totals 175,100 258,090 82,990
Pupils of Pakistani heritage in English schools 2003 & 2013
White British 38%Pakistani 25%
Muslim 36%Christian 33%
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Mixed methods Document analysis Auto-biographical sociology
3 diverse state schools 219 pupil questionnaires – all ethnic
groups 55 interviews – 24 Pakistani pupils; 16
parents 15 teachers
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Value education Regularly attend school Work hardHave supportive familiesHave a good staying-on rate
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1.Pakistanis 89%2.Bangladeshis 87%3.Indians 86%
4.White-British 28%
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All Pakistani boys interviewed, were either attending a mosque after school or had done so in the past
28 % White did so; mainly for non-religious purposes
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Pakistani pupils: 64%◦A number of parents were also
supportive of this idea.
Suggestions: ◦In the curriculum ◦Extra-curricular – before or after school
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Religion not just about believing and activities; it had a clear impact on their schooling.
It taught them to be better students, to respect teachers, respect learning.
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• The same level of respect, for teachers, for mosque, for parents; that’s the way I have been brought up. It’s all the same. You've got to respect your elders no matter what; you can't be rude to them. You've just got to show them a lot of respect. My mum and my dad have always told me that you've got to respect, whoever is older than you, you've got to show them respect. I've always been told: respect your elders. I respect my teachers a lot. Pupil
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Muslim parents have two main education goals for their children1. Preservation, maintenance and
transmission of their distinctive beliefs and values, both through direct teaching and through a school ethos informed by those values
2. Access to the opportunities offered by a general education, including living as full British citizens without fear of racism or other forms of prejudice
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• Education more than 5 A*-C; • Children’s religious education farz for parents• “(Education) also includes knowing about
his religion; he needs to know what Islam is, read his prayers, the fundamentals of Islam; it would make him a good human being as well. (Religion is) very, very important for us. In the way that, he needs it so to be a good human being. To understand his religion, religion is very, very important. Parent
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• Educated = to have good manners and morals• You know, …the importance of his education to me
is not just about his academic performance, but, the overall personality that he develops, you know. I would not like it for him to just achieve a very high grade in school, that is one aspect of it; that is needed for success in life. You know, he needs to have good knowledge of things AND (original emphasis) groom his overall personality as well. It’s about the overall personality
Grammar Parent Wali
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1. Education –deen and dunya2. Greater continuity between pupils’
lives at home & school3. Greater school-community partnership 4. More Pakistani teachers5. Greater understanding amongst teachers
of Pakistani culture and religion6. Arabic, Urdu and Islamic Studies on
the curriculum
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- a conversation with My Hometown