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Higher Education System in India: Are We Heading towards Right Direction? Parvez, Mohammad; Shakir, Mohd
EDUCARE Vol 6, No 1 (2013)
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ABSTRACT: Education is power.  It is empowerment. The dictums such as Aristotle’s “Education is the best provision for old age”; Francis Bacon’s “Knowledge is power”; Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s “Pen is mightier than sword”; and many others are well known. They unveil the fact that education is a tool by which we can change our life as well as the life of others. Better the education in the society, more developed the society will be. In fact, education of a country in general and higher education in particular is very important for the growth and development of the society. India is now considered to be one of the most promising economies of the world. It is evident by the fact that India’s Higher Education system is third largest in the world after China and United States of America (USA).Only quantity is not enough, quality is also very important; there are some issues and impediments which need immediate attention, like shortage of teachers, poor access to higher education. This paper is an attempt to discuss the issues in the higher education system of India, and also suggest some ways to cope up with these issues. We concluded that higher education system in India is not heading towards right direction; rather, it is heading towards wrong direction. If it wants to head towards right direction, then, the problems and issues should be taken seriously and solved on priority basis and then only our India’s higher education system can come on the right track and consequently can compete with the world’s best higher education system.KEY WORDS: Education, higher education, relevance, right direction, publication or multiplication, plagiarism, quality and quantity, and India’s nation-state.  About the Authors: Dr. Mohammad Parvez is an Associate Professor at the Department of Education AMU (Aligarh Muslim University), Aligarh 202002, UP (Uttar Pradesh), India; and Mohd Shakir is a Research Scholar at the Department of Education AMU, Aligarh, 202002, UP, India. The authors can be contacted via their e-mail at: mparvez9@yahoo.co.in and aligarhshakir@gmail.comHow to cite this article? Parvez, Mohammad & Mohd Shakir. (2013). “Higher Education System in India: Are We Heading towards Right Direction?” in EDUCARE: International Journal for Educational Studies, Vol.6(1) August, pp.35-42. Bandung, Indonesia: Minda Masagi Press owned by ASPENSI in Bandung, West Java; and FKIP UMP in Purwokerto, Central Java, ISSN 1979-7877.Chronicle of the article: Accepted (June 9, 2013); Revised (July 20, 2013); and Published (August 17, 2013).  
A Comparative Study of the Attitudes of Muslim and Non-Muslim Prospective Teachers towards Teaching Profession” Parvez, Mohammad; Shakir, Mohd
EDUCARE Vol 7, No 1 (2014)
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ABSTRACT: Securing the right type of prospective teachers for training is very crucial. Unless such prospective teachers are found our secondary schools cannot deliver as per our expectations. Therefore, for the professional preparation of prospective teachers, the study of attitudes held by them is very important. This study was conducted to study the attitudes of Muslim and Non-Muslim prospective teachers towards teaching profession. A sample of 360 prospective teachers i.e. 200 Muslim and 160 Non-Muslim prospective teachers was taken through purposive sampling technique. Teacher Attitude Inventory (TAI) developed by S.P. Ahluwalia (2007) was used to collect the data. Mean, SD (Standard Deviation), and t-test were used for the analysis of the data. Research findings revealed not significant differences in the attitudes of Muslim and Non-Muslim prospective teachers; Muslim and Non-Muslim male prospective teachers; Muslim and Non-Muslim female prospective teachers; Muslim and Non-Muslim Science prospective teachers; Muslim and Non-Muslim Social Science prospective teachers; Muslim and Non-Muslim prospective teachers studying in public B.Ed. (Bachelor of Education) institutions; whereas a significant difference was found between the attitudes of Muslim and Non-Muslim prospective teachers studying in private B.Ed. institutions towards teaching profession. Muslim prospective teachers studying in private B.Ed. institutions had a more favourable attitude towards teaching profession as compared to Non-Muslim prospective teachers studying in private B.Ed. institutions.KEY WORDS: Prospective teachers, Muslim and Non-Muslim teachers, teaching profession, favourable and unfavourable attitudes, and public and private B.Ed. institutions.  About the Authors: Dr. Mohammad Parvez is an Associate Professor at the Department of Education AMU (Aligarh Muslim University), Aligarh, 202002 Uttar Pradesh, India; and Dr. Mohd Shakir is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Education AMU, Murshidabad Centre, 742223 West Bengal, India. For academic purposes, the authors can be contacted via e-mails at: mparvez9@yahoo.co.in and  aligarhshakir@gmail.comHow to cite this article? Parvez, Mohammad & Mohd Shakir. (2014). “A Comparative Study of the Attitudes of Muslim and Non-Muslim Prospective Teachers towards Teaching Profession” in EDUCARE: International Journal for Educational Studies, Vol.7(1) August, pp.67-74. Bandung, Indonesia: Minda Masagi Press and UMP Purwokerto, ISSN 1979-7877. Chronicle of the article: Accepted (April 15, 2014); Revised (June 1, 2014); and Published (August 17, 2014).
A Study of Under-Graduate Students’ Attitude towards Computer Hasan, Mohd; Parvez, Mohammad
EDUCARE Vol 8, No 1 (2015)
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ABSTRACT: Nowadays, the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), especially in education sector, has been increased to empower the educational activities. Computer as an integrated part of ICT has become a very crucial and handy tool to perform the various required educational activities. All the ladders of education system have their own ways and purpose to use the computer based applications in their set up. So, computer education has become mandatory in every walks of the life. Educational activities at any level cannot be performed effectively until and unless one seeks help from the computer based applications. For an effective use of computer, one should have proper attitude towards computer as well as computer education. That is why the present study aims to investigate the computer attitude of under-graduate students of Science and Social Science streams. A sample of 100 (male = 50, female = 50) was drawn by using standardized Computer Attitude Scale, according to T. Khatoon & M. Sharma (2011), from the under-graduate students of Science and Social Science Faculties of AMU (Aligarh Muslim University) in Aligarh UP (Uttar Pradesh), India. A non-probable purposive sampling technique was used to draw the sample. In order to test the hypotheses, descriptive statistical measures like Mean and Standard Deviation and t-test were applied. Analysis of data revealed that there is no significant difference between the computer attitude of under-graduate students of Sciences and Social Science streams at all the basis of comparison. The study has an educational implication for educational practitioners and professionals.KEY WORDS: Information and communication technology, computer education, computer attitude, gender, science and social science streams, and educational practitioners and professionals.  About the Authors: Mohd Hasan is a Research Scholar at the Department of Education AMU (Aligarh Muslim University), Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India; and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohammad Parvez is a Lecturer at the Department of Education AMU, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. For academic purposes, the author can be contacted via mobile phone at: +91-9451513343 or be searched at an e-mail: mhasanedu@gmail.comHow to cite this article? Hasan, Mohd & Mohammad Parvez. (2015). “A Study of Under-Graduate Students’ Attitude towards Computer” in EDUCARE: International Journal for Educational Studies, Vol.8(1) August, pp.23-30. Bandung, Indonesia: Minda Masagi Press and UMP Purwokerto, ISSN 1979-7877. Chronicle of the article: Accepted (May 13, 2015); Revised (July 16, 2015); and Published (August 25, 2015).