Self-concept as the core of human personality refers to the sum total of people’s perceptions about their physical, social and academic competence. It is the view that one has of oneself. It is the set of perceptions that the person has about himself, the set of characteristics, attributes, qualities and deficiencies, capacities and limits, values and relationships that the subject knows to be descriptive of him. The study was designed to investigate relationship between self-concept and academic achievement of female bachelor degree students. The objectives of the study were (1) to explore by measurement the areas of physical, social and academic self-concept of students, (2) to obtain a measure of academic achievement, (3) to relate the areas of physical, social and academic self- concept of students to their academic achievement, (4) to discuss possible ways to enhance aspects of the self-concepts of students The population of the study was comprised of all bachelor degree female students of 27 graduate and post graduate women colleges located in Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Sample of the study consisted of 1,500 students randomly chosen from 15 selected colleges with 100 students of 3 rd and 4 th year from each college. To measure self-concept, Self-Description Questionnaire III constructed by Marsh (1985) was used after modifying and translating in Urdu. Marks obtained by the students in recently held previous exams were acquired from college records as an indicator of their academic achievement. Two approaches were used for data analysis. in the first approach, collected data were scored and raw scores on each variable were summarized by using xdescriptive statistics such as means, standard deviation. In order to infer mean and standard deviation of the population self-concept scores, standard error of mean, standard error of standard deviation were calculated. The correlation coefficient among the study variables was calculated by using Pearson ‘r’. To determine the degree of relationship between three dimensions of self-concept and academic achievement, technique of probable error of a coefficient (PEr) was applied. An alternative factor analysis approach was also used for the data analysis and Kendall’s Tau-b was employed to correlate the responses obtained on each of the 60 items of the questionnaire with the academic achievement scores. Looking at the results as obtained through two approaches, it was found that week though real relationship existed between the academic self-concept and academic achievement. No relationship was however found between physical self-concept and academic achievement as well between social self-concept and academic achievement.
ڈاکٹرسید محمود افسوس ہے ڈاکٹر سےّدمحمود بھی رخصت ہوگئے۔وفات کے وقت عمر ۸۲ برس کی تھی۔مرحوم برلن کے پی۔ایچ۔ڈی اورانگلستان سے بارایٹ لاء اور گھر کے بھی بڑے خوشحال تھے۔ لیکن قومی وملّی خدمت کاجذبہ شروع ہی سے تھا اس لیے اولاً تحریکِ خلافت اور پھر تحریکِ آزادی دونوں میں ہراوّل دستہ کے فرد رہے، اس جرم کی پاداش میں کئی مرتبہ جیل گئے اور قید وبند کی سختیاں انگیز کیں پھر قومی حکومت بنی توریاست اورمرکز دونوں میں وزیر رہے۔ کانگرس ورکنگ کمیٹی کے ممبر سالہا سال رہے ۔آل انڈیا کانگرس کمیٹی کے سکریٹری بھی رہ چکے تھے۔اوّل درجہ کے نیشنلسٹ ہونے کے باوجود دل اوردماغ دونوں کھلا رکھتے تھے۔ چنانچہ تقسیم کے بعد مسلسل فسادات ہوئے اور مسلمانوں کے ساتھ ناانصافی ختم نہیں ہوئی توانہوں نے قومی سطح پراس کاانسداد کرنے کی غرض سے مجلس مشاورت بنائی اور چند سال اس کے صدر کی حیثیت سے ملک کادورہ کیا لیکن جب انہوں نے محسوس کیاکہ ان کے چند رفیق اس پلیٹ فارم کو اپنے فرقہ پر ورانہ مقاصد کے لیے استعمال کررہے ہیں تو وہ اس سے الگ ہوگئے لیکن خانہ نشین پھر بھی نہیں ہوئے اورمسلمانوں کی فلاح و بہبود کے کاموں میں حِصّہ لیتے رہے۔مرحوم کا علمی اورادبی ذوق بھی بہت شگفتہ اورشائستہ تھا۔سیاسی مصرفیتوں میں تھوڑا بہت انگریزی اوراردو میں جو کچھ لکھا ہے بہت خوب لکھاہے۔ اخلاقی اعتبارسے نہایت باوضع، بامروت شریف الطبع اورخلیق بزرگ تھے۔ان کی وفات سے ملک میں عموماً اورمسلمانوں میں خصوصاً جوخلا پیدا ہواہے وہ پُرنہیں ہوسکے گا۔اللھم اغفرلہٗ وارحمہ۔ [اکتوبر ۱۹۷۱ء]
According to the certain teachings of al-Qur’ān mentioned at four different places (4: 1, 6: 98, 7: 189 and 39: 6), all humans have their origin in a single cell or soul. One of the objectives behind these proclamations is perhaps to ensure that the unity of humanity at large and of the Muslims in particular, is never to be compromised and that the differences existing among them are to be resolved through a process of mutual understanding on the basis of the notions derived from the al-Qur’ān (2: 213) and Sunnah. AlQur’ān and Sunnah acknowledge the human diversity, rather, describe it as a functional aspect of existence, but not as structural. Referring to the Quranic verse 5: 48, Allah would have made humanity a single people, but, His plan is to test them in whatever He has given to them, so they should emulate for virtues. The present article is an attempt to shortly describe the role of the seven crucial factors in disruption of peace, all starting with the Arabic alphabet fā, i. E., Fitnah, the false Fatāwā, Fujūr, Fakhr, Furqah, Fisq and Fasād, with the purpose of developing an overall religious harmony for strengthening the inner and the outer peace. These seven factors play significant role in disturbing the stability of society. The Islamic injunctions also stress that these factors should be avoided in order to live a righteous and peaceful life.
This study explores parental support of children's academic learning at home, especially in small community based schools. The study was conducted in a suburban school in Karachi with an migrant community from the Northern Areas of Pakistan and Chitral. The study used a qualitative research design including interviews and observations. Findings suggest four umbrella themes surrounding the question of parental involvement in children's academic learning at home: the ways of support; the effects of parental help; the problems parents and teachers encounter in connection with such support; and parents' motivation to help children. A literature review was conducted and findings, in many cases, verify common concerns stated in the literature. The study discusses the implications of the findings for communities of the Northern Areas of Pakistan and Chitral