Quality

Education By

Saba Ali and Hira Saleen

University of Punjab

Agenda :

Meaning of quality education

Definition of quality of education

Quality education according to UNESCO

Goals of Q.E

Purpose of Q.E

What we Need to improve quality education ?

Quality indicator

Factors of Quality education

Dimensions of quality education

Focus of Quality education

Approaches to quality education

Framework of quality education

Quality education in Pakistan

Issues and hurdles in education quality

Efforts of education ministry to improve E.Q

Goals for 2015 by policy makers.

Comparison of education quality of India and Pakistan

conclusion

Objectives:

After the completion of this topic

students will be able to:

Define quality of education

Explain Quality education in Pakistan

Major issues effecting quality of

education

Explain “quality education is a right for

all”

oWhat do we mean by quality

education?

Quality =effectiveness or efficiency .

the quality of the educational process experienced by students.

When we deal with quality education we mean:

a standard education must be given to all.

the content or syllabus must be same for all.

improve with the passage of time.

Definition by VVOB’s

A good quality education is one that

provides all learners with capabilities they

require to become economically productive,

develop sustainable livelihoods, contribute

to peaceful and democratic societies and

enhance individual well-being.

Brief definition of quality

education Quality depend upon characteristics of:

learners (healthy, motivated students)

processes (competent teachers using active

méthodologies ),

content (relevant curricula) and

systems (good governance and educationist).

UNESCO’s conceptualization

of quality EDUCATION

The quality of education is the first

priority of UNESCO.

A Ministerial Round Table

CONFERENCE on Quality of Education,

held in Paris in 2003.

UNESCO promotes access to good-

quality education as a human right

(Pigozzi,2004).

The UN Education, Scientific and

Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said in

2010 that 30 percent of Pakistan’s

population lives in a state of “extreme

educational poverty” - receiving less than

two years of education.

Quality Education Goals

Academic excellence

Improve academic standards

Applied learning

Lifelong academic skills

Purpose of the Quality

Education

To determine the educational needs of

students.

To improve the quality of education

Make education assessable to

everyone

To create a system of quality

education in schools, we need

Adequate resources and budget

Educational practices based on

research and discussions

Quality education based on:

Learner characteristics

Inputs

Outputs

Context

Factors at which quality of

education depends:

Language factor

Religious factor

The geographical factor

Economic factor

Historical factor

Political factor

Social factor

Examples of Quality Indicators:

Instructional leadership

Teacher quality

Parent and community involvement

Effective Instructional programs

Orderly learning environment

Dimensions of quality education

Quality Learners

Quality Learning Environments

Quality Content

Quality Processes

Quality Outcomes

1.Quality learner

Good health and nutrition

Early childhood psychosocial

development experiences.

Regular attendance for learning.

Family support for learning.

2. Quality Learning Environments

Physical elements

Quality of school facilities

Interaction between school infrastructure and other quality dimensions

Class size

Psychosocial elements

Peaceful, safe environments

Teachers’ behaviors that affect safety.

Effective school discipline policies.

Non-violence.

3. Quality Content

Student-centered, non-discriminatory, standards-based curriculum structures.

Uniqueness of local and national content.

Literacy.

Life skills

Challenges in reaching large numbers of children with quality content

4.Quality Processes:

educational quality centered on:

system inputs

Infrastructure

pupil-teacher ratios

curricular content

Teachers training

5.Quality Outcomes:

Quality learner outcomes are intentional, expected effects of the educational system.

These are the result after providing quality inputs.

Outcomes related to community participation, learner confidence and life-long learning.

Health outcomes

Life skills and outcomes.

Achievement in literacy and numeracy

Using formative assessment to improve

achievement outcomes

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Inputs, processes and

outcomes the leading

to quality education.

Approaches to quality

education:

Humanistic approach

Behaviorist approaches

Critical approaches

Adult education approaches

Indigenous approaches

Humanistic approach

According to humanistic approach:

Every human is unique and have equal rights.

Based on “meaning making” by acquiring knowledge.

All human need quality education

There must be no discrimination between rich and poor or male and female

Education for all

Behaviorist approaches

behaviouristic approach based on:

Change behaviour via specific stimuli

Learners are not intrinsically motivated or

able to construct meaning for themselves.

Human behaviour can be predicted and

controlled through reward and

punishment.

Critical approach:

Critical approach is about;

education tends to reproduce the structures and inequalities of the society

According to Critical theorists:

education that promotes social change;

a curriculum and teaching methods that encourage critical analysis of social power relations and of ways in which formal knowledge is produced and transmitted.

Adult education approaches

In the adult education tradition,

experience and critical reflection in

learning is an important aspect of

quality.

Indigenous approaches

learners have rich sources of prior

knowledge , accumulated through a

variety of experiences,

Learners should play a role in defining

their own curriculum.

Learning should move beyond the

boundaries and learn through non-formal

education.

Framework for understanding,

monitoring and improving

education quality

Quality education in Pakistan

In Pakistan’s policies policy makers put

great emphasize on quality education

The main focus of these policies on:

“education for all’

The Society for Access to Quality Education

(SAQE) was establish in Pakistan under

ordinance 1961 in August 2010.

Poor quality of education in

Pakistan: Over seven million primary-aged children do

not attend school, according to a 2011 report by the Pakistan Education Task Force (PETF).

According to the 2011 Annual State of Education Report (ASER) compiled by the South Asian Forum for Education Development, 45 percent of grade 5 students in public schools can only read a grade 2-level story in Urdu. The number is only slightly better in private schools - 57 percent.

Reason of poor quality education

In Pakistan there are many private school they have their own curriculum which is totally different from govt.schools

They mostly use oxford curriculum in private school

Parents prefer private schools for their children.

In govt. schools teachers are no doubt experienced but they are not willing to teach.

Issues and hurdles in access of

quality education:

Lack of resources

Accountability

Ghost schools

Less budget

Untrained teachers

Poverty

Child labour

extremely low level of public investment

poor quality of management,

monitoring,

supervision and teaching

insufficient financial input,

Efforts to improve quality by

education sector: Improve curriculum

Change text books (according to the need of students)

Based on ideology of country, focus on ethics, norms, values, culture

Free education for 1 to 10 class.

Government took many steps to improve education quality and competition in higher studies by introducing schemes like solar systems, laptop distribution.

6 goals for 2015:

expand (ECCE ) Early Childhood care and

education.

provide Free and compulsory primary education

for all .

promote learning and skills for young people and

adults.

Increase literacy rate by 50%

elimination of gender disparities.(gender equality

enhance educational quality

Quality education pakistan vs

bangladesh

Bangladesh is also a developing country

but from last few years they are putting

great emphasis on quality of education,

that is why their education system is

improving day by day,

Bangladesh Pakistan

Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics

Duration of compulsory

Education

5 years

education spending,(GDP%)

2.4%(ranked 119th)

Literacy rate by sex aged

15+,(2003)

58.4%

Duration of compulsory

Education

5 years

Education spending(GDP%)

1.8%(ranked 127th)

Literacy rate by sex,aged

15+(2003)

54.3%

Suggestions.

The quality of education includes the

physical facilities as well as the

faculty, curriculum

The actual dynamics of teaching and

learning.

The target of quality education can only

be achieved by bringing some

revolutionary changes to ensure better

planning

more funding,

enhanced physical facilities,

ongoing monitoring,

meaningful research,

good faculty,

faculty training,

Relevant

New Syllabuses,

Effective classroom dynamics

Better educational governance.

involvement of all kind of human

resource and strategic quality