Abstract
Normally, effectiveness of any object or thing is judged by two values;
intrinsic and instrumental. To compare intrinsic value of education
with instrumental value, this study has used the following variables:
getting knowledge for its own sake, getting knowledge for social
status, getting knowledge for job or business endeavor and getting
knowledge for both purposes, which is for its own sake and also for
job, business or status. For this research quantitative method was
used and a questionnaire was deployed to collect responses from
465 bachelor degree students from all over Pakistan (combining all
provinces including Gilgit & AJK). It was found that the students
gave mixed responses of acknowledging both values of education
during the survey. The research has significant relationship between
each of its independent and dependent variables, although the
strength of those relationships was weak in nature. However, 60%
of the respondents when asked whether they will get their first or
bachelor’s degree even if there is no instrumental value attached
with it, responded in affirmative. This concludes that bachelor
degree students in Pakistan give more value to intrinsic nature of
education than its instrumental value.
Mahendar Kumar. (2018) Importance of Intrinsic and Instrumental Value of Education in Pakistan, Journal of Education and Educational Development, volume 4, issue 4.2.
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