Open AccessIMPACT OF ACCREDITATION OF TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN PAKISTAN ON PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS`LEARNING; A COMPARATIVE STUDY
Author(s) -
Tasneem Saifuddin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
pakistan journal of educational research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2707-7985
pISSN - 2663-0443
DOI - 10.52337/pjer.v4i3.274
Subject(s) - accreditation , certificate , quality (philosophy) , quality assurance , medical education , context (archaeology) , process (computing) , certification and accreditation , higher education , political science , pedagogy , psychology , medicine , computer science , business , service (business) , marketing , paleontology , philosophy , epistemology , algorithm , law , biology , operating system
The world is recently moving towards quality criteria in every field. For this Accreditation process has been introduced in every Discipline, Institute and Program to maintain the standards of quality. Accreditation refers to the authenticity and fairness in achieving the benchmarks of standards of program, a course, a module or an Institution. (Harvey, 2004). Accreditation provides certainty that the course or program will meet the demands and requirements of the quality standards. In order to produce trained professionals’ quality in higher education is required and Accreditation process will provide the Quality Assurance. As the teachers are the roots of every profession, therefore the Accreditation Process is also introduced in the field of teacher Education Program to maintain and improve the quality of Teacher Education Programs. When talking in context of Pakistan, there is always an issue regarding in quality of Education in Pakistan. In order to meet this demand NACTE (National Accreditation Council for Teacher Education) is established so that the quality criteria can be achieved through the process of Accreditation of different Teacher Education Programs in Pakistan. (Shakoor, & Farrukh, 2016). The programs or courses having NACTE Accredited certificate can be accepted globally and thus can serves as a basis of good professional start. The present study aims to find out the comparative analysis of the impacts of NACTE Accredited and Non-Accredited Teacher Education Programs on student's Achievement. The study is conducted on students of B. Ed honors studying in different institutions in Karachi. To carry out comparative analysis MGA (Multigroup Analysis) is carried out on Smart PLS: 3. The analysis done revealed high ‘values of Accredited groups as compared to nonAccredited groups, concluding that there are significant differences in the impact of two types of programs; Accredited and Non-Accredited teacher Education Programs on student teacher`s achievement. The results declared that Accredited Programs