Abstract
Initial years of schooling experiences are an important influencer of cognitive development. In
Pakistan children, parents and employers face many issues due to vast differences in standards of
private and public schools. The purpose of this research is to study and compare the cognitive
development of children age 4 to 5 years enrolled in public and private pre-schools (25 from each
type) of Karachi.
Children were given various tasks to assess their cognitive performance and on the basis of this
performance were categories as having high or low cognitive performance. Cognitive performance
of private school children was significantly better than that of children form public schools overall
and in all tasks. Among public school 64 % and among private school 100% had good cognitive
performance (P<0.05). These observations indicate a need for exploring the reasons and taking
actions to rectify the situation.
Syeda Samana Bano, Nighat Irfan. (2016) Comparative study on the cognitive development of children enrolled in public and private pre-schools of Karachi, Research Journal of Pakistan Home Economics Association, Volume-10, Issue-1.
-
Views
570 -
Downloads
55
Previous Article
Article Details
Volume
Issue
Type
Language
