A STUDY OF ANNUAL EXAMINATION SYSTEM IN SINDH AT GRADE EIGHT LEVEL IN PAKISTAN
Journal Title: Educational Research International - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
The major purpose of the research work was to study of “Annual Examination System in Sindh at Elementary Level” (Grade-VIII). The Government of Sindh in the course of Sindh Education improvement curriculum, Education & Literacy Department from first to last its establish a modern development curriculum to reduce bodily and personal resources and to progress the general administration of school before the implementation of Devolution Plan in 2001. Local Common Annual Examination Class one to four was conducted by Supervisors appointed by Sub-Divisional Educational Officers. The Examination from Class five to Eight was the authority of the school to conduct the examination. The current research study has great importance because it is direct related to assessment of the students. Hence very little research is available in the given context of Sindh elementary school examination system particularly the rural schools in Sindh. Further that the researcher being a teacher and teacher educator in the above school system has considered it as an important issue to conduct a research on the examination system at class 8th of public schools of Sindh. Students who are promoted in next graders without effective assessment of learning and proper evaluation they create problems for teachers, parents, and administration. Many teachers and head teachers believe that this is due to ineffective assessment policy at local level. It was also help head-teachers, teachers and educationists to improve the current examination practices and policy at the school level for the better understanding and improved learning outcomes of the students. This Research study was descriptive in nature& quantitative by method. The sample of this research was selected with convenient random sampling. The sample of the study consisted of district officer elementary, secondary and a head quarter, and the teachers who set examination papers. 50 Head teachers 50% of heads of district Shaheed Benazirabad, and 140 teachers (70 female and 70 male), 40 supervisory staff (20 female and 20 male), 5 employees of examination body of district Shaheed Benazirabad. The multistage sampling technique was used in the proposed study as under at first stage, 30 schools (15 rural, 15 urban) from district SBA were selected conveniently. At second stage 5 teachers from each school were selected conveniently and at the third stage, all examination body employees 05 (DOE & other employees) were selected conveniently from district SBA. According to data majority of the respondents, 88.51 % disagreed + strongly disagreed that the role of examination body was ambiguous and vivid, the weaknesses found in the present system of examination in Sindh at the elementary level.
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Abdul Waheed Bhatti, Mahboob Ali Dehraj
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