An Analysis of Foundation Assisted Schools Program of Punjab as a Mechanism Influencing Pupil Cohort

Pakistan is lagging behind in education in this global world. To speed up the pace of work to achieve 100% literacy rate is a burning issue for the educationists. The failure of the public sector delivery of education system is adding fuel to the fire and educational innovations are the need of the...

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Published inBulletin of education and research Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 1 - 12
Main Authors Anwar, Muhammad Nadeem, Khizar, Asma, Haq, Raheel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Lahore Knowledge Bylanes 01.08.2018
AsiaNet Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd
Institute of Education and Research
Subjects
Academic Achievement
Access to Education
Administrator Attitudes
Dropout Rate
Dropouts
Educational Demand
Educational Environment
Educational Finance
Educational Innovation
Educational Policy
Educational Quality
Elementary Education
Enrollment Rate
Evaluation
Finance
Financial Support
Foreign Countries
GDP
Globalization
Grade 10
Gross Domestic Product
Literacy
Pakistan
Partnerships in Education
Persistence
Politics
Primary Education
Principals
Private Sector
Program Effectiveness
Public Schools
Public sector
Retention
Role of Education
Rural areas
School enrollment
Schools
Social justice
Students
Trends
Pakistan
Islamabad Pakistan
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Summary:Pakistan is lagging behind in education in this global world. To speed up the pace of work to achieve 100% literacy rate is a burning issue for the educationists. The failure of the public sector delivery of education system is adding fuel to the fire and educational innovations are the need of the hour. The very inception of Punjab Education Foundation is a step forward in this regard. Foundation Assisted Schools is the flagship program of Punjab Education Foundation under which assistance is provided to poor strata of society in the province of Punjab through Public-Private Partnership. This study aimed at analyzing whether the Foundation Assisted Schools Program has been successful in improving the quality of schools in their service delivery to the deserving students across the Punjab. The purpose was accomplished by analyzing the enrolment rate, grade transition and survival rate of respective pupil cohort of schools before and after becoming Foundation Assisted School partners. 1209 Foundation Assisted partner schools in 7 districts of the Punjab were constituted the accessible population and out of which 121 were taken randomly as sample. Data concerning trends on the pupil cohort were collected, recorded on Pupil Flow Chart and analyzed with the help of percentage and t-test. Results showed that the Foundation Assisted Schools Program, as a mechanism, was successful in influencing pupil cohort in a positive and desired way as improved ratios of enrolment, grade transitions and survival rate were observed.
ISSN:0555-7747