Review of Education, Administration and Law (REAL) (E-Journal)
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Trachoma in School Going Children at District Bahawalpur, Pakistan: Incidence and Causes
Full text linkThis study is a pilot collaborative effort between academic and clinical sectors for exploring the incidence of trachoma among school going children in Pakistan ranging from 4-18 years olds from January to June 2019. A three-stage random sampling technique was employed. At stage one, out of five; two tehsils of District Bahawalpur were selected. In the second stage, four union councils from two selected tehsils were selected randomly. In the third and final stage of random sampling, two government schools from each union council were randomly selected from selected union councils. In each school, all willing students wanting a free eye check-up were entertained for initial screening. Anyone having complains regarding eye irritation, redness, watering, pain or vision loss symptoms were screened for trachoma. Out of 16 selected Government schools, seventeen hundred and thirty seven (n=5737) participants were selected ranging from 4 to18 years olds. Data were analyzed using Eviews 7.0. Trachoma was observed in total of 169 cases (74 male, 95 female). 2.94% overall trachoma prevalence was seen (2.39% for male students and 3.59% for females). Female children suffered from higher prevalence of trachoma (1.20%)
General Public Perception Regarding Police Department and Factors That Influence Police Image in Public: A Case Study of District Kasur, Pakistan
Full text linkThis study was attempted to investigate the general public perception about police department and factors that influence them perception. Policing is a major controlling part of citizen and is necessary for modifiable their behavior, controlling crime and protecting the citizens. The objective of the study is to identify major factors which influence police image in the public. The study was conducted among 250 citizen of district Kasur using a five-point Likert scale structured questionnaire. The researcher used multistage simple random sampling. The respondents of the study were advocate, doctor, labour, student and businessman. Results revealed that corruption, favoritism, political interference, bad behavior of police personnel, lack of accountability and misuse of power by police department are influence public image and they considered that police department only took action when FIR was registered by economically or politically strong people of the city. Study found that police department doesn’t have any monitoring system and people can get job after giving bribe. Study concluded that there was a small number of respondents who had to pay bribe to police department for their illegal activities but majority considered that police was a major corrupt department. They study suggested that police department should be hold a meeting with public to reduce their misperception and when police went to investigation any place, it should be humble and respected. Police should took under accountability and improve recruitment system with high merit so that Pakistan can compete with international level of policing. Study also suggested that police should take action on FIR without any social status and should be write FIR without any lame excuses and bribe.