A watershed for Scottish education

by David Istance 
Senior Analyst, Directorate for Education and Skills

This is a watershed moment for Scotland�s Curriculum for Excellence, say some of the country�s education stakeholders. They�re talking about the ambitious education reforms that were rolled out in Scotland�s schools five years ago. What better time for a review of the reforms? Improving Schools in Scotland: An OECD Perspective, published today, provides just that.

So what kind of watershed has Scotland�s education reform programme reached?

First, the programme is at a �watershed� as a statement of fact: the main curriculum programme has now been implemented, and the overhaul of teachers� education and qualifications is nearly complete. This is watershed meaning �key transition moment�.

Second, it can be seen as a �watershed� as so much of the hard work of redesign has been accomplished and essential building blocks have been put in place. This is about unleashing the full potential of the Curriculum for Excellence after a 13-year gestation period. Hence the very positive sense of watershed as �take-off point�.

But �watershed� may mean something altogether less inspiring: concerns over achievement levels and rumblings over the new teachers� qualifications combined with a febrile political environment might yet unpick key elements of the Curriculum for Excellence despite its longevity. This would be the more ominous meaning of watershed as �make-or-break moment�.

The recommendations contained in this new review might influence which kind of watershed this turns out to be for the Curriculum for Excellence: will it be key transition moment, take-off point, or make-or-break moment?

The OECD report notches up many points to admire in Scottish schooling, not least among them enviable levels of consensus, clear enthusiasm (including among young people for learning), and political patience. But for the full potential to be realised, the OECD review team believes some key changes will be needed.

There should be a more ambitious theory of change and a more robust evidence base available right across the system, especially about learning outcomes and progress. The Curriculum for Excellence needs to be understood less as a curriculum programme to be managed from the centre and more as a dynamic, highly equitable curriculum being built continuously in schools, networks and communities. And the success of that implementation process needs to be closely evaluated.

There is a key role for a strengthened �middle�, covering local authorities, networks and collaboratives of schools, teachers and communities, and teachers� and head teachers� associations. As local authorities assume more prominent system leadership in a reinforced �middle�, the shortcomings of those authorities falling behind in performance and expertise will need to be addressed. Learner engagement is a prerequisite of powerful learning and improved outcomes, and that argues for innovating learning environments, especially in secondary schools, beginning in the most deprived areas.

All this should contribute to creating a new narrative for the Curriculum for Excellence, the OECD review report argues, and this will be an essential ingredient if the existing watershed moment is to become �take-off point�.

Links:
Improving Schools in Scotland: An OECD Perspective
Photo credit: Education Scotland

Learning about learning assessments

by Andreas Schleicher
Director, OECD Directorate for Education and Skills
Claudia Costin
Senior Director, Education Global Practice, World Bank 

How do large-scale student assessments, like PISA, actually work? What are the key ingredients that are necessary to produce a reliable, policy relevant assessment of what children and young people know and can do with what they know? A new report commissioned by the OECD and the World Bank offers a behind-the-scenes look at how some of the largest of these assessments are developed and implemented, particularly in developing countries.

A Review of International Large-Scale Assessments in Education: Assessing Component Skills and Collecting Contextual Data provides an overview of the main international, regional, national and household-based large-scale assessments of learning. The report shows how the major large-scale assessments have several things in common that contribute to their reliability and relevance. For example, they each produce clear frameworks to describe the philosophy, content, test design and response styles of their tests. These frameworks not only guide the creation of items (questions or tasks in a test paper) for the test, but also act as a way of communicating information about the assessment to the broader community.

The mode of delivery for most of the large-scale assessments is paper and pencil, but there is a shift towards computer-based assessment and this will undoubtedly be the main mode of delivery in the future as it increases efficiency and reduces data error. All of the assessments covered by the report collect contextual information that can be related to the test scores and help to inform policy choices. The reviewed surveys devote considerable time and resources to coder training and coding itself �this is the process of marking students� responses with codes once tests are complete, including the steps taken to confirm that coding is being undertaken with acceptable reliability. In one or two cases, methods and approaches have been developed to include out-of-school children in learning assessments.

The report gives particular emphasis to learning from large-scale assessments in developing countries and makes recommendations in the following areas for the benefit of the OECD�s PISA for Development project: assessment frameworks; scoring; modes of delivery; collection of contextual information; methods and approaches to include out-of-school children in learning assessments; and analysis, reporting and use of the data collected.

The report also reveals some little known facts about the major large-scale assessments. Did you know that an assessment used in French-speaking mainly African countries uses questionnaires to collect information on whether students are working outside of school? Analysis of the results helps countries to determine whether working hinders students� learning. And did you know that a large-scale assessment in Latin America routinely collects information on food, transportation, medical and clothing programmes and relates the data to student test scores? Or that a regional assessment in southern and eastern Africa finds that the active involvement of relevant government staff in research is one of the most important factors in converting analysis of the results of assessments into policies and changed practice?

Initially commissioned to provide recommendations for designing the PISA for Development project, the report is a valuable reference for policymakers, development organisations and other stakeholders with an interest in developing or participating in large-scale learning assessments.

Links: 
A Review of International Large-Scale Assessments in Education: Assessing Component Skills and Collecting Contextual Data
The Experience of Middle-Income Countries Participating in PISA 2000-2015
Towards the development of contextual questionnaires for the PISA for development study
PISA for Development Technical Strand C: Incorporating out-of-school 15-year-olds in the assessment
PISA in Low and Middle Income Countries
For more on PISA for Development, visit: www.oecd.org/pisa/aboutpisa/pisafordevelopment.htm
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What students don�t want to be when they grow up

by Marilyn Achiron
Editor, Education and Skills Directorate

Who wants to be a teacher? As this month�s PISA in Focus shows, in many countries the teaching profession is having a hard time making itself an attractive career choice � particularly among boys and among the highest-performing students.

PISA 2006 asked students from the 60 participating countries and economies what occupation they expected to be working in when they are 30 years old. Some 44% of 15-year-olds in OECD countries reported that they expect to work in high-status occupations that generally require a university degree; but only 5% of those students reported that they expect to work as teachers, one of those professional careers.

The numbers are even more revealing when considering the profile of the students who reported that they expect to work as teachers. If you read our report on gender equality in education published earlier this year, you may remember that girls tend to favour �nurturance-oriented� careers more than boys do � and teaching is one of those careers. In almost every OECD country, more girls (6%) than boys (3%) reported that they expect to work as teachers. This statistic is particularly worrying when you recall that the majority of overall low achievers in school are boys, who could benefit from the presence of more male role models at school.

PISA in Focus also reveals that the highest-performing students in reading and mathematics do not necessarily aim to become teachers. For example, in Argentina, Australia, Israel, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal and Turkey, students who aspire to become teachers score significantly lower in reading and mathematics than students who expect to work in professions other than teaching.

While PISA can�t follow these students into adulthood, the Survey of Adult Skills, a product of the OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) gathers information on the literacy, numeracy and problem-solving skills of adults. The 2012 survey found that, in many countries, teachers have poorer literacy and, in particular, poorer numeracy skills than individuals who work in other professions. In Japan, however, not only do teachers have the highest numeracy skills among teachers working in all other countries that participated in the survey, they are also as proficient in numeracy as Japanese adults who work in other professions.

But maybe in this instance, as in so many others, it would be wise to �follow the money�. According to Education at a Glance, teachers earn significantly less, on average, than similar educated workers in other fields earn. For example, lower secondary teachers earn 86% and upper secondary teachers earn 91% of what tertiary-educated full-time workers in other fields earn. Which is not to say that students are only concerned about the size of their prospective bank accounts; in fact, many 15-year-olds probably don�t know how much their teachers earn. But pay is often a reflection of how socially valued different jobs are. Adolescents might be more inclined to aspire to become teachers if they see that their own teachers are highly valued members of society.

Links:

PISA in Focus No. 58 Who want to become a teacher? Francesca Borgonovi and Seong Won Han

PISA � la loupe No. 58 Qui veut devenir enseignant? (French version)
PISA in Focus No. 58 underlying data

Education at a Glance 2015: OECD Indicators 

The ABC of Gender Equality in Education: Aptitude, Behaviour, Confidence

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BZU Multan Prospectus

Now you can view online as well as download the prospectus of BZU Multan for all classes and all subjects. For the students it is very helpful because you can find the relevant department information from the prospectus easily. Moreover, subjects combinations for B.A/B.Sc and M.A/M.Sc can be easily found in this prospectus for admission in BZU Multan. You can also find the contact detail of faculty and staff members from the prospectus to get immediate help from the respective department. So view or download the Bahauddin Zakaria University Multan Prospectus from the following link:-

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LIST OF BZU MULTAN AFFILIATED COLLEGES

If you are confused or having trouble in finding the legal affiliated colleges of BZU Multan. Then you are at right place. We are providing you the full list of the Bahauddin Zakaria University Multan affiliated colleges which are legally registered and accepted by the University of Multan. So before taking admission in any affiliated college of BZU Multan you must ensure that it is legal and registered in BZU Multan. You can get admission detail for these colleges either from the university or from the respective college.

Here is the liest of BZU Multan affiliated colleges list and address:-

            1          Govt. Emerson College, Multan

2	Govt. College of Science, Multan
3	Govt. College, Civil Lines, Multan
4	Govt. Walliat Hussain Islamia College, Multan
5	Govt. Alamdar Hussain Islamia College, Multan
6	Govt. Millat Degree College, Multan
7	Govt. College for Women, Kutchery, Multan
8	F.G. Degree College for Women, Multan
9	Govt. College for Women, Mumtazabad, Multan
10	Govt. College for Women, Shah Rukn-e-Alam, Multan
11	Govt. College for Women, Chongi No.14, Multan
12	Govt. College of Home Economics, Multan
13	Govt. College of Commerce, Qasimpur Colony, Multan
14	Govt. College of Commerce, Azmat Wasti Road, Multan
15	Central College, 1-A, Bosan Road, Gulgasht, Multan
16	Mamoona Postgraduate College, Multan
17	Multan Postgraduate College, near Education Board, Gulgasht, Multan
18	The Educators College, 24-A, Gulgasht, Multan
19	Imperial College of Technology, 21-A Gulgasht, Multan
20	Allama Iqbal College, near Chongi No.9, Multan
21	Leadership College, Bosan Road, Multan
22	International College of Commerce, Kutchery Road, Multan
23	Zakariya College of Commerce, Shah Rukn-e-Alam, Multan
24	Scholars College, near Chongi No.9, Bosan Road, Multan
25	Nishtar College of Commerce, 1439-Hazoori Bagh Road, near Chongi No.9, Multan
26	Punjab College, Chowk Rashidabad, Multan
27	Global College of Commerce, Shah Rukn-e-Alam, Multan
28	Govt. Fatima Jinnah Degree College for Women, Masoom Shah Road, Multan
29	Punjab College for Women, Gulgasht, Bosan Road, Multan.
30	Quaid-e-Azam College of Technology, Shadab Town, Sahiwal
31	Multan College of Commerce, Vehari Road, Multan.
32	F.G. College for Boys, Multan Cantt.
33	Superior College, Bosan Road, Multan.
34	Sir Syed College, near Qari Hanif Mosque, Bahawalpur Road, Multan
35	Chenab College, Hassan Parwana Colony, near Dera Adda, Multan
36	Govt. College for Boys, Makhdoom Rashid (Multan)
37	Govt. College for Women, Makhdoom Rashid (Multan)
38	Govt. College, Shujabad
39	Govt. College for Women, Shujabad
40	Govt. College of Commerce, Shujabad
41	Govt. College for Boys, Jalalpur Pirwala
42	Govt. College for Women, Jalalpur Pirwala
43	Govt. Postgraduate College, Muzaffargarh
44	Govt. College for Women, Muzaffargarh
45	Govt. College of Commerce, Muzaffargarh
46	Govt. College, Jatoi (Muzaffargarh)
47	Govt. College, Alipur
48	Govt. College for Women, Alipur
49	Govt. College of Commerce, Alipur
50	Govt. Postgraduate College, Kot Addu
51	Govt. College for Women, Kot Addu
52	Govt. College of Commerce, Kot Addu
53	Govt. Postgraduate College, Layyah
54	Govt. College for Women, Layyah
55	Govt. College of Commerce, Layyah
56	Govt. College for Elementary Teachers, Kot Addu
57	Khan College of Commerce, near Darbar Arif Shaheed, Layyah
58	Govt. Postgraduate College, Kot Sultan (Layyah)
59	Govt. College for Women, Kot Sultan (Layyah)
60	Govt. College, Chowk Azam (Layyah)
61	Govt. College for Women, Chowk Azam (Layyah)
62	Govt. College, Choubara (Layyah)
63	Govt. College, Fateh Pur (Layyah)
64	Govt. College for Women, Fateh Pur (Layyah)
65	Govt. College for Boys, Karor (Layyah)
66	Govt. College for Women, Karor (Layyah)
67	Govt. College of Commerce, Karor, (Layyah)
68	Govt. College, Lodhran
69	Govt. College for Women, Lodhran
70	Govt. College of Commerce, Lodhran
71	Govt. Syed Nasar-ud-Din Shah Degree College, Gogran (Lodhran).
72	Govt. College, Dunyapur (Lodhran)
73	Govt. College for Women, Dunyapur (Lodhran)
74	Govt. College for Boys, Makhdoom Aali, (Lodhran)
75	Govt. College for Women, Karor Pacca (Lodhran)
76	Govt. College for Women, Chak No.365/WB, Dunyapur (Lodhran)
77	Govt. College, Rajan Pur
78	Govt. College for Women, Rajan Pur
79	Govt. College of Commerce, Rajan Pur
80	Govt. College, Rojhan (Rajan Pur)
81	Govt. College, Jampur
82	Govt. College for Women, Jampur
83	Govt. College of Commerce, Jampur
84	Govt. Postgraduate College, Dera Ghazi Khan
85	Govt. College, Behind Shalimar Hotel, Dera Ghazi Khan
86	Govt. College for Women, Dera Ghazi Khan
87	Govt. College for Women, Model Town, Dera Ghazi Khan
88	Govt. College of Commerce, Dera Ghazi Khan
89	Citi College of Commerce, Dera Ghazi Khan
90	Govt. College for Women, Choti (Dera Ghazi Khan)
91	Govt. College, Taunsa Sharif  (D.G. Khan)
92	Govt. College for Women, Taunsa Sharif (D.G. Khan)
93	Govt. College of Commerce, Taunsa Sharif (D.G. Khan)
94	Govt. Islamia Postgraduate College, Khanewal
95	Govt. College for Women, Khanewal
96	Govt. College of Commerce, Khanewal
97	Leads Universal College, Civil Lines, Khanewal
98	Govt. Elementary College for Women, Dera Ghazi Khan
99	Govt. College, Jahania (Khanewal)
100	Govt. College for Women, Jahania (Khanewal)
101	Govt. College, Kabirwala
102	Govt. College for Women, Kabirwala
103	Govt. College of Commerce, Kabirwala
104	Govt. College for Women, Sarai Sidhu (Khanewal)
105	Govt. College, Abdul Hakim (Khanewal)
106	Govt. College, Mian Channu
107	Govt. College for Women, Mian Channu
108	Govt. College of Commerce, Musa Virk, Mian Channu
109	Islamia Degree College for Women, Mian Channu
110	Govt. College for Elementary Teachers, Muzaffargarh
111	New Muslim College of Commerce, Mian Channu
112	Divisional Public Degree College, Faisal Town, Mian Channu
113	Govt. College for Boys, Choti Zareen (D.G. Khan)
114	Govt. Postgraduate College, Sahiwal
115	Govt. College for Women, Sahiwal
116	Govt. Imamia College, Sahiwal
117	Govt. College of Commerce, Sahiwal
118	Johar College, 14-A Farid Town, Sahiwal
119	College of Advanced Scientific Technique (CAST), Canal Colony, Sahiwal
120	College of Modern & Novel Devices (COMAND), Fateh Sher Road, Sahiwal
121	Hi-Career College of Commerce, Sahiwal
122	Ideal College of Commerce, Sahiwal
123	The Limit College, 405/B, Stadium Road, Sahiwal
124	The Educators College, 147-Old Civil Lines, Sahiwal
125	Govt. College, Chichawatni
126	Govt. College for Women, Chichawatni
127	Govt. College of Commerce, Chichawatni
128	The Educators College, Allama Iqbal Campus, Chichawatni
129	Govt. Faridia College, Pakpattan
130	Govt. College for Women, Pakpattan
131	Govt. College, Arifwala
132	Govt. College for Women, Arifwala
133	Govt. College, Vehari
134	Govt. College for Women, Vehari
135	Govt. College of Commerce, Vehari
136	Govt. College, Burewala
137	Govt. College for Women, Burewala
138	Govt. College of Commerce, Burewala
139	Govt. College, Mailsi
140	Govt. College for Women, Mailsi
141	Govt. Degree College for Women, Khan Garh (Muzaffargarh)
142	Govt. College of Technology, Multan
143	Govt. College of Technology, Sahiwal
144	Govt. Polytechnic Institute, Layyah
145	Govt. Polytechnic Institute, Chak No.507/EB, Burewala
146	Allama Iqbal College of Technology, 130-D Shams Abad, Multan
147	Supreme Law College, Gulgasht Colony, Multan
148	Central Law College, 1-A, Bosan Road, Gulgasht, Multan
149	Multan Law College, Bosan Road, Multan
150	Allama Iqbal Law College, Chungi No.9, Multan
151	Muhammadan Law College, Near District Courts, Multan
152	Noor Law College, Katchery Road, Multan
153	Leads Universal Law College, Civil Lines, Khanewal
154	Quaid-e-Azam Law College, Multan Road, Sahiwal
155	Muhammadan Law College, Stadium Road, Sahiwal
156	The Limit Law College, 107-B, Saeed Block, Canal Colony, Sahiwal
157	Multan Law College, Fateh Sher Road, Sahiwal
158	Askari Law College, Burewala
159	Liccs Law College, College Road, Layyah.
160	Indus Law College, Taunsa Road, Near P/S Sadar, Dera Ghazi Khan
161	Multan Law College, Dera Ghazi Khan
162	Rise School of Accountancy, 11-B Gulgasht, Multan
163	Govt. Degree College for Boys, Kahror Pacca (Lodhran)
164	Govt. D egree College for Boys, Fazil Pur (Rajan Pur)
165	Govt. Degree College for Women, Fazil Pur (Rajan Pur)
166	Govt. College for Women, Harrapa (District Sahiwal)
167	Govt. Degree College for Boys, Vehova (D.G. Khan)
168	Allama Iqbal College of Commerce, Taunsa Sharif (D.G. Khan)
169	Superior Science Degree College, Chowk Bolck No.14, Khanewal
170	Govt. Degree College for Boys, Qadir Pur Raan, Multan
171	Govt. Institute of Commerce, Mailsi (Vehari)
172	Multan College of Business Studies, Nasheman Haideri House No.709, Khanewal Road, Chowk Qazafi, Multan
173	Govt. Institute of Technology, Sakhi Sarwar Road, Dera Ghazi Khan
174	Sir Syed College of Technology, Qasimpur Colony, Bahawalpur Road, Multan
175	Ghazi Khan Law College, Jampur Road, Dera Ghazi Khan
176	Foresight College, Opp: Shell Petrolpump, Sahiwal Road, Pakpattan
177	Govt. Zainab Degree College for Women, Chowk Shaheedan, Multan
178	Govt. Degree College for Women, Abdul Hakim (Khanewal)
179	Govt. Degree College for Women, Mirhan (Layyah)
180	The City College of Technology, Vehari Chowk, Multan
181	The Limit College of Technology, Stadium Road, Sahiwal
182	Johar Law College, 71-C Farid Town, Sahiwal
183	The City College of Science & Commerce, 17-A Officers Colony, Multan
184	Punjab College, Mian Channu
185	Multan Flying Club, Multan Airport, Multan
186	Institute of Technology & Arts, 25-H Block, Jinnah Road, Vehari
187	British University College, Chongi No.9, LMQ Road, Multan
188	Suffa College, Farid Town, Sahiwal
189	Punjab College, Pakpattan Road, Sahiwal
190	Govt. Degree College for Women, Ludden (Vehari)
191	Govt. Degree College for Women, Gaggoo (Burewala)
192	Govt. Degree College for Women, Tulamba (Khanewal)
193	Govt. Degree College for Women, Machiwal (Vehari)
194	Govt. Degree College for Women, Sheikh Fazil (Vehari)
195	Govt. Degree College for Women, Tibba Sultanpur (Vehari)
196	Govt. Degree College for Women, Karam Dad Qureshi (Muzaffargarh)
197	Princeton Degree College, Jatoi (Distt. Muzaffargarh)
198	Govt. Degree College for Women, Shahr Sultan (Muzaffargarh)
199	Punjab College, Lahore Moar, Khanewal
200	Aligarh  Model Girls College, Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar Road, Gulgasht Colony, Multan
201	Comprehensive College of Technology, 289-Shamas Abad, Multan
202	Superior College, Pakpattan Road, Sahiwal
203	Govt. Degree College for Women, Chongi No.6, Multan
204	Govt. Degree College, Shah Sadar Din, Dera Ghazi Khan
205	Unique College of Technology, 62/Z, Noon Chowk, 100 Ft Road, Multan
206	Govt. College for Elementary Teachers, Sahiwal
207	Govt. College for Elementary Teachers, Chongi No.6, Bosan Road , Multan
208	Quaid-e-Azam Institute of Management Sciences, 39-Umar Block, Shadab Town, Sahiwal
209	Progressive Law College, 93-L, Faisal Town, Vehari
210	Govt. College for Women, Kot Qaisarani (D.G. Khan)
211	Govt. College for Women, Kot Chutta (D.G. Khan)
212	Sir Syed Law College, Garden Town, Sher Shah Road, Multan
213	Punjab College, Burewala
214	Superior College, Sahiwal Road, Pakpattan
215	The Toppers Law College, 10-A/2, Gulgasht, Bosan Road, Multan
216	Stak College of Commerce & Sciences, 66-G, Near Jinnah Park, Hamza Chowk, Shah Rukn-e-Alam, Multan
217	Govt. Degree College for Women, Chak No.90/ML, Layyah
218	Govt. Degree College for Boys, Sarai Sidhu (Khanewal)
219	Justice Law & Education College, Muzaffar Garh

BZU Multan Admission Form for 2015

Admission forms for the admission of the candidate as private and regular candidate in Bahauddin Zakria University Multan are now available for the admission of all classes of B.A / B.Sc and M.A / M.Sc for all subjects as well as for higher class. You can find the admission fee for the session of 2015 for BZU Multan. You can now download this form from the following link:-

BZU Admission Forms 2015

BISE Punjab Matric Result 2015

Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Punjab (BISE) consists of eight major boards that are responsible of conducting Matric (SSC) and Intermediate (HSSC) exam in all over the Punjab. The eight major boards of Punjab are:-
BISE Lahore / Lahore Board
BISE Rawalpindi / Pindi Board
BISE Gujranwala / Gujrawanwala Board
BISE Faisalabad / Faisalabad Board
BISE Sargodha / Sargodha Board
BISE Bhawalpur / Bhawalpur Board
BISE Multan / Multan Board
BISE DGKHan / DG Khan Board
All Boards of Punjab Conduct matric exam in March of each year while inter exam of Punjab board held in May of each year. The result of Board of Intermediate examination is prepared after the conduction of examination and paper marking by the teachers.
All the eight Boards of Punjab (BISE Punjab) have decided to declare the 10 class SSC exam result on 25 July 2015. Rawalpindindi-Education like previous will provide you the result of all Boards of Punjab 2015 as soon as it is announced. So we recommend you to keep visiting us for the BISE Punjab Matric Result 2015. If you are unable to get your result of matric class bise 2015 you can comment you roll number, name, cell, BISE name to get your result through sms.
You can check result of your respective board from the following:-

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LAHORE BOARD

GUJRANWALA BOARD

FAISALABAD BOARD

MULTAN BOARD

BAHAWLAPUR BOARD

SARGODHA BOARD

DG KHAN BOARD