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Sadruddin, Munir Moosa – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2017
Pakistan is home to religious and cultural ideologies that greatly support the values of human rights. Nevertheless, the multilayered philosophies of human rights in Pakistan have at times heightened clashes and bred a culture of tension among higher education learners. Ideological filters in national education policies have removed human rights…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Civil Rights, Global Education, Faculty Development
Chhabra, Meenakshi – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2017
This article examines singular historical narratives of the 1947 British India Partition in four history textbooks from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Britain, respectively. Drawing on analysis and work in the field, this study proposes a seven-module "integrated snail model" with a human rights orientation that can be applied to…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, History Instruction, Violence, Geographic Regions
Singal, Nidhi – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2016
This article presents an analysis of key developments in educational policies and strategies, since 2000, in relation to the education of children with disabilities in India and Pakistan. It responds to a set of specific questions focused on factors that have shaped the increased emphasis on education of children with disabilities, how national…
Descriptors: Children, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Criticism
Alcott, Benjamin; Rose, Pauline – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2015
It is increasingly recognized that there is a global learning crisis. This article investigates this learning crisis through a comparative analysis of rural India and Pakistan. Using data from each country's Annual Status of Education Report, it demonstrates that socioeconomic status and gender are important determinants of whether children are in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Comparative Education, Rural Schools
Ullah, Raza; Richardson, John T. E.; Hafeez, Muhammad – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2013
In Western countries, university students adopt various approaches to studying depending on how they perceive their learning environment. Their perceptions and approaches are related to demographic and contextual factors such as age, subject of study, gender, and year of study. This study looked for similar relationships in Pakistani students. A…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, College Students, Learning Strategies, Cognitive Style
Borchgrevink, Kaja – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2013
Described as "terrorist factories", the South Asian madrasas have become the subject of great controversy since September 11, 2001. In Afghanistan, people commonly blame Pakistani madrasas for recruiting Afghan youth into militant groups. In response, the Afghan government has initiated a comprehensive reform of the Islamic education…
Descriptors: Islam, Foreign Countries, Religious Education, Terrorism
Harmer, Adele; Stoddard, Abby; DiDomenico, Victoria – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2011
Amid rising violence against civilian aid operations in insecure environments, attacks on the education sector pose a unique set of challenges for international aid actors. In recent years incidents of violence targeting the education sector in Afghanistan and the conflict-affected areas of Pakistan have increased. This article synthesizes recent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Education, Educational Development, Politics of Education
Jaffer, Kulsoom – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2010
This article traces how the concept of educational inspection has evolved in Pakistan, especially in the province of Sindh, and discusses whether the existing inspection system helps to improve quality and establish accountability. The inspection system that originated in colonial days has evolved to incorporate the notion of using supervision to…
Descriptors: Supervision, Educational Quality, Inspection, Foreign Countries
Khan, Faryal – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2007
While evidence from developed countries suggests that communities may contribute to school effectiveness and efficiency, there is a need for more systematic reviews of such practice in developing countries to inform international policy. Research suggests that community participation through school councils could produce opposite outcomes: it can…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Involvement, Social Capital, School Effectiveness