Open AccessOptimist about Education, Pessimist about Schools: People’s Perception Regarding the Schooling System
Author(s) -
Syed Murad Ali,
Saadia Abid
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
sir syed journal of education and social research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2706-8285
pISSN - 2706-6525
DOI - 10.36902/sjesr-vol4-iss2-2021(13-20
Subject(s) - blame , pessimism , perception , attribution , value (mathematics) , pedagogy , quality (philosophy) , dimension (graph theory) , private education , psychology , public relations , social psychology , political science , higher education , philosophy , mathematics , epistemology , neuroscience , machine learning , computer science , pure mathematics , law
The article elaborates on people’s perception regarding the importance of education. In doing so, it explores the role of schools and teachers, opinions about schooling system and the comparison between private and public schools. A total of 28 indepth interviews were conducted with key stakeholders students, parents and teachers. While in general parents and students value education but they showed little hope in the system. A comparison between private and public schools seemed inevitable and formed a major part of all the discussions. Blame attribution emerged as a prominent dimension; the children and parents blame schools and teachers over low quality of education while teachers view parents’ lack of interest as a hindrance to effective education. To conclude, education is realized as a collective benefit for which collective effort is required.