Measuring Quality of Education
Measuring Quality of Education
Measuring Quality of Education
Presented By:
Syed Muhammad Zia ul Haq
Institute of Southern
Punjab
“Measuring Quality
of Education”
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”
What 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
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 (United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization)
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
• 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
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
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.
QUALITY EDUCATION FOCUS
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