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GENDER COMPARISON STUDY OF ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION AMONG UNIVERSITY LEVEL BASKETBALL
Get PDFThe purpose of the current research is to explore the difference in the achievement Motivation level between male and female basketball players of Pakistan. The Achievement motivation is one of the types of motivation, which resolves around athlete’s persistence in the face of failure, willingness to approach the success, and experience of pride after the task accomplishment. People, who are achievement motivated, are very wise in their goal setting, they set moderate to difficult goals. The Sports Orientation questionnaire (SOQ) developed by Gill & Deeter (1988) was used to investigate the answer of “which gender has more achievement motivation for basketball at intervarsity levelâ€. A total of 150 university level male & female students have voluntarily participated in the present research study. For statistical procedure, independent t-test at the set level of significance 0.05 was used to test the hypothesis. The Findings showed no consequential difference in the achievement motivation and mean score of male and female university level basketball players
ASSESSMENT OF LIFE SKILLS AMONG COLLEGE UNDERGRADUATE-STUDENTS; IMPLICATION FOR ENHANCING STUDENTS ACADEMICS AND PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
Get PDFThe literature indicates that life skills assessment and development is endemic throughout the globe. However, lacking are national studies that have researched life skills assessment at the college level. The present investigation aimed to assess the level of life skills among college undergraduate-students of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Besides, the differences based on personal and demographic attributes in respect of life skills were also taken into consideration. A sample of (n=794) 5 % of the total population (15890) was selected and included in the survey. Life Skills Assessment Scale (LSAS) developed by (N.R. Prakash, S. Nirmala Devi, 2014) was used for collecting the required data. The gathered information was processed using (SPSS) version 24. Results of the study indicated that the overall nature of life skills among college students is moderate. The findings of the study indicated that the female-students reported less life skills compared to their counterparts’ male undergraduate-students (p < .05). However, the analyzed data found no significant difference in their Life skills concerning Locality, and Scheme of studies (p > .05). It is hoped that the results of this research will be more helpful for administrators, educators, curriculum designers and other social duties to improve teaching-learning and personality development for learners
EXPLORING DIMENSIONS OF SERVICE-LEARNING SCALE IN PAKISTANI CONTEXTxt
Get PDFService-learning is an emerging popular teaching and learning approach. It is considered to be associated with improved students’ academic outcomes. Numerous scales are being used for assessing service-learning world-wide. Service-Learning Scale (SLS) is one such important scale which has also been used for measuring students’ service related outcomes in different studies. This study is purposefully designed to examine the psychometric properties of SLS in Pakistani context. To collect data, 141 students were approached through a survey method who participated in service-learning projects vocational training institutes of Pakistan. These students were purposively selected from 15 vocational training institutes of where service-learning is implemented as a curriculum course. Data was analyzed using Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) in order to explore the hidden dimensions in the scale. A three factor structure model emerged based on Component Factor Analysis (PCA) method. These factors included content knowledge, interpersonal skills and volunteering attitude. The results of this study confirmed that service-learning is a three factor model and is a reliable and valid scale for assessing service-learning outcomes. For further validation it is suggested that this three factor model needs testing in other contexts for more extensive results and improvement of psychometrics of the scale. The newness of the study is psychometric validation (contextual) of SLA as there hardly exists any evidence of its validation in Pakistan. The study has theoretical as well as practical implications
Work Behavior of Primary School Teachers
Get PDFThe current study aims to identify the task patterns of primary school teachers in public and private sectors. The objective of the study was to find out the performance of teachers in schools and to identify the gaps affecting their performance for possible rectifications. In this regard, the respondents were selected including male and female teachers from urban and rural setup, district level administrators and supervisors using random sampling. The data were collected from interview with the school administrators and supervisors and from official documents treating with both qualitative and quantitative analysis. The results reveal that there were no written job descriptions for teachers and those unwritten required them to be punctual, dutiful and committed to the profession of teaching. In the light of results and findings, it was recommended that the deficiencies and gaps and task patterns of primary school teachers could be improved by providing incentives to teachers and transports facilities to supervisors, provide an effective supervision of schools for proper professional and administrative support to teachers and students
ASSESSING PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF WOMEN POLICING AND ITS EFFECTS ON THEIR PERFORMANCE IN DISTRICT PESHAWAR KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA
Get PDFThe present study was conducted with major focus on assessing psychological problems of women policing and its effects on their performance. The main objectives of the study to investigates problems of, psychological and harassment problems at work place, and women police personnel performance. This study universe was district Peshawar. The total sample size was70 which was randomly selected on the analogy of Sekaran (2003). The study major findings are that various problems confronted by female police personnel such as women police personnel are confronted with problems in managing theirchildren feel stressed due to household responsibilities as well as job responsibilities, and expectations being wife, mother or sister are unmet due to job responsibilities revealed by study. Furthermore, psychological and sexual harassment are evident with regard to women police personnel which affect their performance significantly. It includes exertion of pressure from higher authorities and instigating female police personnel for sexual relationships are key problems affecting female police performance. The government should provide separate staying facilities at police stations which include all modern facilities andfinancial help to decrease their problems. The department should strictly implement moral code and exemplary punishment should be given to those who are involved in the sexual harassment in the organization. Equal opportunities should be given in the promotion and assigning duties to female police personnel are some of suggestions on the basis of study findings
The nexus between credit risk and liquidity risk and their impact on banks financial performance: Evidence from Pakistan.
Get PDFRisk management became an important dilemma in the banking literature and has gained consideration since the financial crisis of 2007-08 which brought numerous challenges for most organizations. More than 325 banks’ failure were reported in the United States during the worldwide financial crisis. The high number of banks failures needs to evaluate the risk management efficiency of banking institutions of Pakistan. In this study, we used the PVAR model and Simultaneous equation approach to examine the link between Liquidity Risk and Credit Risk and its influence on banks’ performance working in Pakistan. The panel data was collected from 33 banking institutions between the period 2008 - 2018. The results revealed that Credit Risk and Liquidity Risk are not interrelated with each other. However, the two risks independently influence the banks’ performance and their relative interaction plays a major role in the instability of the banking sector. The finding forms the foundation for recent regulatory exertions to better understand the two types of risks and to strengthen the joint management of both Liquidity Risk and Credit Risk
Proï¬tability Analysis of Poultry Farming
No full textThe study was undertaken in District Nowshera with the objective to analyze the proï¬tability of poultry farming enterprises of the area. For this purpose 26 farms were randomly selected. Economic efficiency measures of net beneï¬ts, beneï¬t-cost ratio and grass margin were used to identify and highlight the bench marks for analyzing the proï¬tability. The impact of non-ï¬nancial factors like education and experience of farmers on ï¬rms\u27 proï¬tability was also analyzed with regression analysis. The regression analysis shows that farmers\u27 education and experience were positively affecting farmers\u27 proï¬tability, whereas mortality of birds was negatively affecting the proï¬tability of farmers. It is recommended that credit facility should be provided to farmers so that they can buy inputs from the cheapest source. Subsidy on feed and one day check can decrease the cost of production signiï¬cantly which may help in the promotion of broiler industry
PUBLIC PERCEPTION REGARDING ACCEPTABILITY PROBLEMS IN UTILIZATION OF MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES IN PAKHTOON SOCIETY WITH REFERENCE TO DIR LOWER
Get PDFThe study was conducted in Dir lower with specialreference to public perception regarding hurdles in utilization ofmaternal health services. The sample size of the study was 186respondents, who were selected randomly. The data wasanalyzed through simple percentage and frequencies, while tosee association between independent variable acceptabilityproblems with dependent variable maternal health. Womenconfronted acceptability issue in availing maternal healthservices like; women are not encouraged to visit maternal healthcenter, people fear of disclosing of privacy, discouragement ofLady health workers, strict purdah system, unable to decide childbirth, child birth by traditional birth attendant and lack ofeducation about antenatal and post-natal care, duringpregnancy, childbirth and after birth. Due to cultural norms likepurdah, women are not permitted to utilize maternal health careduring pregnancy due to fear of disclosure of privacy, theyperform domestic, Lady health workers are not encouraged tofacilitate women during pregnancy, inability to decide childbirth and preferring child birth at home by traditional birthattendant are the problems in shape of acceptability. Massmedia, religious, political leaders, civil society should createawareness regarding maternal health issues to overcome thedegraded maternal health situation
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CULTURAL FORMULATION FACTORS AND FEMALE SPORTS PARTICIPATION IN PAKISTAN
Get PDFThe present research determines the relationships of social support factor, social cultural factor, social personal factor, and social interferential factor with sports participation of female athletes of Pakistan. A large sample size holding 590 respondents selected from the wide-range population belonging to female secondary schools of rural areas of Pakistan. Data was collected developing well-design survey questionnaire. Analyses were employed through descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation analysis after editing the collected survey data in SPSS-21 version. The finding revealed that social support factor, social cultural factor, social personal factor had significant and positive relationships with the female sports participation. On the other hand, strong negative but significant relationship was revealed between social interferential factor and sports participation of female athletes. The implications of the study are considered as well
THE REASONS FOR TRADITIONAL GAMES LOSING POPULARITY: A CASE STUDY OF SKHY (CALF) IN NIHAGDARA, KP (PAKISTAN)
Get PDFTraditional games including Kabaddi, Chilli, and Skhy etc., played in Nihagdara (District Dir Upper) have been under pressure for the last two decades due to the advent of modern games such as cricket, volleyball, and video games. The fervor for modern games seems to be cultural than concerns about health, psychological wellbeing, and social interaction. Skhy (Calf), which was so popular in Nihagdara, has particularly suffered over the last years. This study explores the reasons for the downfall of traditional games with special focus on Skhy in Jatgram, Rambial, and Maskari. Using the case study method, the research collected data from both adults and youngsters through interviews and focus group discussion. Data was analyzed through descriptive statistics (Frequency Distribution) to make sense of how and why Skhy became unpopular. The results show that cultural onslaught has been the main reason for downfall of traditional games including Skhy in addition to the apathy of local community in preserving its traditions and sports