8 Rebuilding the Government-School Relationship: An Exploration and Reflection

2016 ◽  
pp. 162-174
Keyword(s):  
Government School ◽  
The Government

Increasing Competition for University and the Challenge of Access for Government School Students—A Case Study

2008 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Edwards
Keyword(s):  
School Students ◽  
Government School ◽  
Educationally Disadvantaged ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
University Courses ◽  
Education Degree ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

There is a wide variety of universities, university campuses and university courses in Australia available to those interested in pursuing a higher education degree. This paper examines the impact of increasing competition for entrance to university on the educational outcomes for students from the government school sector. Using Melbourne as a case study, the research shows that, over a four-year period of increased competition, entry to some of the more academically accessible university campuses in the city became more difficult and this disproportionately affected the opportunities for university entrance among some groups. Despite the fact that there was no noticeable change in the academic standards achieved by government school completers, the rate at which government school students gained access to these universities declined noticeably during this time. These findings show how changes in supply of university places from year to year can have a profound effect on the opportunities of secondary-school completers—particularly those in more educationally disadvantaged settings.

scholarly journals Language Mastery of Refugee Children in Malaysia Despite Adverse Circumstances

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Janet Fernandez Aspin ◽  
Loh Sau Cheong
Keyword(s):  
Private Education ◽  
Refugee Camp ◽  
Refugee Children ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Government School ◽  
Refugee Education ◽  
Secure Environment ◽  
External Examiner ◽  
The Government ◽  
Language Mastery

 Refugee education is a challenge to the Malaysian government, with the ever rising influx of refugees into the country. Malaysia has policies in place whereby refugee children are not entitled or allowed an education in the government school system. They are encouraged to secure private education. The researcher was appointed as the external examiner for Year Six, the final year of Primary Education, whereby it was noted that a number of students had mastery of languages despite their adverse circumstances as refugee children.  Eleven students from the refugee camp were randomly selected on the basis of anonymity. They were interviewed within a secure environment and this data was analysed along with the test answer scripts. The study seeks to explore plausible reasons for their language mastery despite adverse circumstances and offers insights for the findings to be applied within a local context where English is taught as a second language. Key words: refugee, education, mastery, languages

scholarly journals FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI ANGKA PARTISIPASI PERGURUAN TINGGI PADA 32 PROVINSI DI INDONESIA TAHUN 2013-2016

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Siti Habibah ◽  
Yudha Perdana Putra ◽  
Yulindo Mandala Putra
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Government School ◽  
Enrollment Rate ◽  
Regional Characteristics ◽  
Enrollment Rates ◽  
The Government

The Gross Enrollment Rate of Higher Education Level (Tertiery Education) can show the quality of government services to the right of the community to access to higher education. The Gross Enrollment Rate of Higher Education Level also shows that people can easily access to tertiery education. This study aims to determine the factors that influence change in Gross Enrollment Rate of Higher Education Level. The analysis was conducted by looking at four aspects that replaced the change of the Gross Enrollment Rate of Higher Education, namely aspects of government, school, household, and regional characteristics. The data used are provincial level panel data, which is estimated using econometry through the analysis of the Fixed Estimation Method (FEM). The result shows that not all used variables in this study significantly affecting in change of the Gross Enrollment Rates of Higher Education. Significant variables on changes in Enrollment Rate of Higher Education include: (1) central government allocations in the field of higher education to GDRB (representing aspects of government); (2) Lecturer-Student Ratio (representing aspects of Higher Education); and (3) population (representing aspects of regional characteristics). Meanwhile, the number of Universities (representing aspects of Higher Education) and GRDP per capita (representing aspects of the Household) are not significantly to affect the Gross Enrollment Rates of Higher Education. This study may be used as input for the Government to formulate the policies as an effort to improve access to higher education through increasing of  the Enrollment Rates  of Higher Education. Keywords : gross enrollment rates, universities, provinces, data panels Abstrak      APK Perguruan Tinggi dapat menunjukkan kualitas layanan pemerintah terhadap hak masyarakat dalam memperoleh akses pendidikan tinggi. APK perguruan tinggi juga menunjukkan bahwa masyarakat memperoleh kemudahan akses menempuh pendidikan tinggi.  Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi angka partisipasi perguruan tinggi. Analisis dilakukan dengan melihat empat aspek yang diduga mempengaruhi perubahan APK Perguruan Tinggi, yaitu aspek pemerintah, sekolah, rumah tangga, dan karakteristik daerah. Data yang digunakan merupakan data panel tingkat provinsi, yang diestimasi dengan pendekatan ekonometri melalui analisis Fixed Estimation Method (FEM). Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa tidak semua variabel dari keempat aspek tersebut diduga berpengaruh secara signifikan terhadap perubahan APK Perguruan Tinggi. Variabel yang berpengaruh secara signifikan terhadap perubahan APK Perguruan Tinggi antara lain: (1) porsi pengeluaran pemerintah pusat di bidang pendidikan tinggi terhadap PDRB (mewakili aspek pemerintah); (2) Rasio Dosen-Mahasiswa (mewakili aspek Perguruan Tinggi); dan (3) jumlah populasi (mewakili aspek karakteristik daerah). Sementara itu, variabel jumlah Perguruan Tinggi (mewakili aspek Perguruan Tinggi) dan PDRB per kapita (mewakili aspek Rumah Tangga) diduga tidak berpengaruh secara signifikan terhadap perubahan APK Perguruan Tinggi). Hasil penelitian ini kiranya dapat digunakan sebagai bahan masukan bagi Pemerintah untuk merumuskan kebijakan dalam upaya peningkatan akses pendidikan tinggi melalui peningkatan APK Perguruan Tinggi. Kata kunci: angka partisipasi kasar, perguruan tinggi, provinsi, data panel.

scholarly journals Nutrition Intakes and Nutritional Status of School Age Children in Ghana

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justina Serwaah Owusu ◽  
Esi Komeley Colecraft ◽  
Richmond NO Aryeetey ◽  
Joan Anne Vaccaro ◽  
Fatma G. Huffman
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Private School ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Government School ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
School Feeding ◽  
The Government

This paper compares nutrition intakes and nutritional status of school children from two public schools in neighbouring communities of Ghana with different school feeding programmes. One hundred and eighty-two caregiver and school-age child pairs were interviewed concerning socio-demographics, dietary practices, and food security in a cross-sectional design. The independent t-test was used to compare the contribution of the publicly funded Ghana School Feeding Programme and private School Feeding Programme meals to total daily nutrient intakes of the children. Predictors of nutritional status of the children were assessed using logistic regression models. The private school feeding programme contributed more energy, protein, and micronutrients as compared to the government school feeding programme. About two-thirds (67.0%) of the children were stunted, underweight, or anaemic. Child’s age was a significant predictor of stunting. Undernutrition was prevalent among children from both programmes. Improved quality of diet from the feeding programmes may contribute to addressing malnutrition in these children.

scholarly journals Pattern of Refractive Error in Primary School Children in Rupandehi District, Nepal

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salma K.C. Rai ◽  
Hari Bahadur Thapa ◽  
Nanda Gurung ◽  
Arjun Malla Bhari ◽  
Manoj K Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Refractive Error ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Refractive Errors ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
School Students ◽  
Government School ◽  
The Government ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas

INTRODUCTION: Refractive error remains one of the primary causes of visual impairment in children worldwide. This study describes pattern of refractive errors among primary school students in Rupandehi district, Nepal.MATERIAL AND METHODS: Records of 128 children with refractive error aged 5-15 years from both urban and rural areas in Nepal between January and March 2011 were examined for patterns in the distribution of refractive errors. SPSS statistical software was used to perform analysis.RESULTS: The commonest type of refractive errors among the children was astigmatism (47%) followed by myopia (26%) and hyperopia (19%). Children in the age group 11-15 years had higher number of eyes with refractive error as compared to their younger counterparts 5 years /or below 5 years (49% vs. 9%). 71% students were from schools located in rural areas. Among the children with refractive errors, only 44.5% students were wearing glasses. 57% of the students studying in private schools were wearing glasses but only 26.9% students from the government school were wearing glasses.CONCLUSION: A wide variation in the distribution of refractive errors between the geographic locations, gender basis, types of schools as well as between the different ethnic groups was observed.Journal of Universal College of Medical Sciences Vol. 3, No. 1, 2015: 31-36

scholarly journals Teaching History of Bravery and the Politics of Textbooks in Nepal: A Critical Discourse Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-36
Author(s):  
Saroj G.C.
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Historical Narratives ◽  
Government School ◽  
Teaching History ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government ◽  
Historical Accounts ◽  
The Cost

This paper examines a saga of the brave history of Nepal which has often been part and parcel of school education in Nepal. The brave history in the textbooks has been treated as a means of enlightenment and a catalyst to cultivate national character. On close inspection, however, teaching history embarks a political enterprise – an articulation of interest to shape the idea of the citizenry. Using the method of critical discourse analysis and post-historicist ideas, this paper takes historical accounts attributed to three pillars of the national narrative of brave history – Bhimsen Thapa, Balbhadra Kunwar, and Prithvi Narayan Shah, as depicted in the government school textbooks for analysis. The paper examines how the history of bravery has been negotiated and maintained as a comfortable and simplistic narrative at the cost of teaching history more critically in order to inform students and examine emerging questions about the national heroes by excluding the other side of historical narratives. Finally, this paper proposes education at any level cannot be taken as value-neutral, and history should be studied historically.

scholarly journals Academic engagement and achievement orientation as correlates of reading culture of in-school adolescents

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 170-184
Author(s):  
Dorothy Ebere Adimora ◽  
Dominic Ugwoke Ngwoke ◽  
Eke Kalu Oyeoku ◽  
Gloria Tobechukwu Onwuka
Keyword(s):  
Academic Engagement ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Achievement Orientation ◽  
Poor Reading ◽  
Government School ◽  
Reading Culture ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Government ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Senior Secondary

AbstractThe study investigated the academic engagement and achievement orientation as correlates of reading culture of in-school adolescents in Enugu State, Nigeria. Using correlational survey research design, the study made use of a population of 3469 senior secondary 11 (SS11) in-school adolescents. A purposive sampling and stratified random sampling techniques were used to draw a sample of 340 in-school adolescents. Four research questions and two null hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance guided the study. The three instruments used for data collection were in-school adolescents’ academic engagement scale (IAES), in-school adolescents’ achievement orientation scale (IAAOS) and in-school adolescents’ reading culture scale (IARCS). Research questions 1-3 were answered using means and standard deviation whereas research questions 4 and 5 were answered using Pearson r and R-square. The hypotheses were tested using analysis of variance (ANOVA) at 0.05 level of significance. It was found that in-school adolescents’ academic engagement and achievement orientation significantly related with their reading culture. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that, the government, school administrators and educators put concerted effort to encourage students to be mastery oriented and academically engaged in order to prevent deleterious outcomes associated with poor reading culture since high academic engagement and high achievement orientation relates with positive academic outcomes. Keywords: adolescence, academic engagement, cognitive engagement, achievement orientation, reading culture.

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