scholarly journals Do The Textbooks Reflect the Curriculum? A Comparative Analysis of Social Studies Textbooks Taught in Public and Private Sector in Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mashaal Raza Khan ◽  
Hamid Ali Nadeem ◽  
Namood-e-Sahar .
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
Text Book ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Grade 5 ◽  
Social Studies Textbooks ◽  
Key Features ◽  
Public And Private Sector

Text book ought to be viewed as one of the numerous sources educators can attract after making a powerful exercise and may offer a system of direction and introduction. The analysis of textbook forms a necessary part in academics so as to devise the most appropriate content. The present study made a comparative account of textbooks for Grade 5 Social studies taught in public (i.e., Punjab textbook) and private sector (Oxford textbook) of Pakistan. The comparison was made on key features and on themes suggested by National Curriculum Council (2017) as a standard for textbook publishers. The findings demonstrated that both books contain activities and are clearly written, however, PTB is cheaper, possess low paper quality than OTB and was revised in 2018 whereas OTB has not revised since 2010. It is also suggested that both textbooks do not contain enough information as per NCC’s standard. It is suggested that government should take notice about it and publishers should be bound to deliver only that material in education sector that is according to the devised set of standards.

scholarly journals Governance and control of externalized water service management: Comparing solutions adopted in Italy and Sweden.

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 188-195
Author(s):  
Daniela Argento ◽  
Giuseppe Grossi ◽  
Anna Thomasson
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Water Services ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Water Service ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
And Control

In this paper the challenges imposed on corporate governance of water services in Italy and Sweden are analyzed and compared. From the comparative analysis we notice that with externalization of services ore stakeholders become involved in the provision of the services. These stakeholders have common as well as divergent interests and the challenges thus become to find an alignment of interest among stakeholders in order to secure a sustainable provision of the services. The comparative analysis indicates that such lignment is especially difficult when stakeholders have heterogenous background (public and private sector).

A Comparative Analysis of Dividend Policy of Selected New and Old Generation Private Sector Banks in India

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Souvik Banerjee
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Corporate Finance ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Dividend Payout ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Dividend Distribution ◽  
Public And Private Sector ◽  
New Generation

Determinants of Dividend Distribution are one of the hotly debated topics in corporate finance. In this research paper fourteen private sector banking companies in India are taken into account, for analysis. Out of these, six are new generation private sector banks, whereas eight are old generation private sector banks. The statistical analysis showed that there is no significant difference in Dividend Payout Ratio of public and private sector banks. The data are considered for two financial years, i.e. 2013-14 and 2014-15.

scholarly journals Hybrid Entrepreneurial Intention: A Comparative Study of Public and Private Sector Employees

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
Meral Farooq ◽  
Nazia Talib
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
The Body ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intentions ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Public And Private Sector

This paper examined the influence of personality related factors pertinent to perceived behavioral control in the context of theory of planned behavior.  Moreover, a comparative analysis was executed to see the variance in the effect of the selected factors with respect to sector of employment in Pakistan. Offline and online survey data was collected from multiple cities across Pakistan using purposive and convenience sampling technique. Regression analysis was run to analyze the data. The findings revealed that the degree of creativity influencing hybrid entrepreneurial intentions varies between public and private sector employees in Pakistan. However, Self-efficacy impacts such intentions approximately in the similar manner in the two sectors of employment.  The findings highlight interesting area where public organizations lack as compared to private organizations in terms of creativity of employees. This study extends the body of knowledge on hybrid entrepreneurship in Pakistani settings. This research is among the initial endeavors which undertake a comparative analysis of public and private sector employees towards their hybrid entrepreneurial intentions.

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