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Developing School Goals at Secondary Level in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

. Shandana Rauf, Hafiz M.Inamullah & Dr Hafiz M.Ibrarullah


Abstract

This qualitative research is about studying and developing the goals at secondary level in schools.  In every educational institution the school goals are of critical importance and every school in every culture has different kind of school goals. The school goals that are explored in this study are academic goals, vocational goals, civic and social goals and personal goals. These goals play a critical role in overall development of personality.

The population of the study comprised of principals, parents, teachers and students. There were 2108 principals, 723574 students and the parents of those students, 26471 teachers (Source: District EMIS 2014-2015). Stratified random sampling was done. 50 schools, 50 principals, 250 teachers (male and female), 500 students (250 male and 250 female) and 50 parents. The tools used for gathering data were focused group discussions and interviews. The analysis of data was done through patterns, scheming and content analysis. The conclusion of the study was that if the academic goals are discussed and decided by all stake holders, they would be more effective as they would develop critical thinking among the students and would make them academically sound. Personal goals were perceived as a person well-being and his confidence in making decisions in life. Vocational goals were of great value as they aided students in knowing their abilities and selecting, selecting the right subject and right career. Civic and social goals were important because by giving awareness about them to students would enable them to contribute positively to society by helping people of the society in different ways like for example gathering money for the poor and distributing it among them. 

 

Key Words: Vocational goals, Social and civic goals, Physical health, emotional well-being, problem solving skills, intellectual development, cognitive domain, psychomotor domain, effective domain.

 

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