PROBLEMS, ISSUES AND TRENDS IN SECONDARY EDUCATION-8624-UNIT 9-AIOU

1. Course Code: 8624 (Secondary Education)
Unit 9
PROBLEMS, ISSUES AND TRENDS IN
SECONDARY EDUCATION

2. • Education System of Pakistan at Secondary Level
• Problems and Issues of Secondary Education with Solutions
• New Trends in Secondary Education

3. Why Problems are necessary to be solved????
Problems stop you from doing something.
Issues slow down your progress, or delays your work

4. Education in Pakistan
"The State shall provide free and compulsory
education to all children of the age of five to sixteen
years in such a manner as may be determined by law"
(Article 25A)
•Commitment to Promote Education and Literacy in
the country by Education Policies.
•MDGs and EFA Programmes are Global commitments
of Pakistan for the Promotion of
Literacy.

5. (EFA Goals, Vision 2030)
• Vision 2030: One Curriculum & National Examination System
• Increase 2.7% of GDP to 5% by 2010 and 7% by 2015.
• Re-introduction of Technical & Vocational Edu. in last two years of
Secondary Schools.
• Increase in Vocational and Technical Education 25-30% of
Secondary Enrolment by 2015 and 50 per cent by 2030.
• Quality Education in General and Scientific/ Technical Education
Particular.

6. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
in 2000 UN summit for 2015

7. MDGs (Goal 2 &3)
Goal 2: Universal Primary Education (UPE) by 2015
• By the year 2014: Increase in Enrollment of 3-16 year: Dropout
rate decreased.
Net Primary Enrolment Rate
• (Punjab 62%, Sindh 52%, KPK 54% and in Balochistan 45%)
Goal 3: Promoting Gender Equality and Women
Empowerment
• Eliminating gender disparity by 2005 all levels of education not
later than 2015.
• Literacy rate Male, 71%, Female, 48% in 2012-13.
• Punjab Literacy Rate (Male 71% , Female 54%)
• Sindh: (Male, 72%, Female 47%)
• KPK :(Male 70%, Female 35%)
• Balochistan, (Male 62%, Female 23%)

8. Problems of Secondary Education
• Financial Problems
• Political Interference
• Social Recognition
• Problem of Accommodation
• Problem of Frequent Transfer
• Lack of Professional Development
• Staff Relations
• Community Relations
• School Politics

9. Issues and Problems of Secondary
Education in Pakistan
• Medium of Instruction
• Non-availability of Audio Visual Aids
• Burden of more classes
• Lack of Physical and Learning Resources
• Lack of Supervision
• The Educational System Collapsed
• Lack of proper planning
• Social Constraints
• Curriculum Issues
• Issues of Textbooks
• Diversification of Secondary Education
• Technical Education
• Flipped Learning
• Issues
• Cost of Education
• War on Terror
• Gender and Geographical Gaps

10. Solutions
• Promotion of Education in Rural areas
• Get School buildings vacated occupied by feudal lords
• Efficient Vocational and Technical training
• Financial assistance by Provincial Education Departments
• Literacy Promotion through Regional cooperation
• Technical Education: Part of Secondary Education
• Incentives for Students to encourage Parents
• Role of local Government: Education and Literacy
• Eradication of Corruption from Education Department
• Career Counseling of Pupils with Parents’ meetings

11. New Trends in Education
• Value Education
• Remote Learning
• Mind Mapping
• Big Data
• Computer and Information Technology
• Gamification
• Digital Textbooks
• Social Media

12. How Teacher can perform role as Problem
Solver in Teaching?