At present teacher education in Pakistan is in a transitional phase. The Government of Pakistan has developed ten professional standards for teachers’ recruitment and training (NPSTP, 2009). Two subjects ‘Computer literacy’ and ‘ICTs in Education’ have been introduced in the new curriculum to equip prospective teachers with Standard # 7 of NPSTP 2009 (i.e., ‘Effective Communication and Proficient Use of Information and Communication Technologies’) and to enhance contemporary technological skills required by a 21st-century educator. This quantitative descriptive study was aimed to investigate teacher educators’ attitudes towards the pedagogical use of ICTs in the teaching and learning process. For this quantitative study, five research questions, one descriptive and four inferential were formulated. A questionnaire was used for data collection. The sample of the study of 133 teacher educators’ was conveniently selected from different teacher training institutions of Karachi. The descriptive analysis of the attitude scale illustrates the moderate level of positive attitude towards the use of ICTs among teacher educators of Karachi TTIs. The analysis ofinferential questions (null hypotheses) illustrates that there is no significant difference in attitudes of teacher educators concerning gender, age, and experience, and this finding is aligned to recent studies conducted by Mustafina (2016) and Tweed (2013). Consequently, from the findings of this study, it may be concluded that demographical variables (i.e., gender, age, and experience) are not the determinants of teacher educators’ attitudes towards the use of ICTs. The findings of the study suggest that supportive conditions and hands-on training on the pedagogical use of ICTs should be conducted in TTIs.

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English is used in many parts of the world as a second or third language. The learners develop the skills of English in order to enhance opportunities for employment, higher quality education, and a good lifestyle. The purpose of this paper is to analytically review and point out the strengths and weaknesses of B.COM final term examination paper of English with special emphasis to Reading Comprehension through the framework of educational objective provided by Bloom's Taxonomy. Moreover, it provides assistance to the competitive authorities in improving their methodology of teaching of English Reading Comprehension and preparing the final term examination paper as per the framework of Bloom's Taxonomy. The sample of the study comprises of reading comprehension exercises presented to students of Undergraduate Standard Examination of Bachelors of Commerce in affiliated colleges of the University of Karachi. The questions consist of reading comprehension of the final examination from the year 2010-2016. The methodology used for the analysis is 'Content Analyses'. Furthermore, all the questions present in reading comprehensions were analyzed separately in order to test their level and underlying educational objectives according to Bloom's taxonomy. With the investigation of these comprehensions, it is revealed that how the skills of students are measured with the examination practice. Moreover, results revealed that there are various lacking and also the examiners are highly focused on the remembering skills of students which are not enough for the students of this era. Therefore, after the results in this, the suggestions are also discussed.

We are living in an Islamic country and in Islam education is mandatory for all Muslims. Islamiat is compulsory subject for students in Pakistan. Students are supposed to practice this subject in their daily life. The subject of Islamiat should develop a positive impact on student’s moral development. To know which of the students in private and public school is having a more positive impact of the subject of Islamiat, the researcher chose the topic “Impact of the subject of Islamiat on the Moral Development of primary students”. The main objectives of this study were; to compare the impact of the subject of Islamiat on the moral development of primary level students in public and private schools and finding out how much primary level students practice on it in their daily life. A sample of eighty students was drawn by using simple random sampling technique and teachers from two selected public and private schools. The data were collected by using three point liker scale questionnaire with twenty two items from students and three point liker scale questionnaire with five items from teachers. Descriptive statistics is used to analyze the data. This Research found that the subject of Islamiat has a more positive impact on private school student’s moral development as compare to public school students and conclude that the subject of Islamiat performs an important role on student’s moral development. It suggested that teachers and parents focus on the moral development of students. The moral development develops at an early age. Students become a better human being and play a positive role in society if they pick up impact of studying Islamiat. In public schools, particular attention should be given for the moral development of students.

The aim of this study to identify the causes of reading disability (dyslexia) a learning disorder which is found in some children in primary schools who are suffered with problems of speech sound’s identification and could not decode them properly and due to this deficiency they could not understand the class work and don’t enter in the stream of normal students which becomes an issue for not only other students but teachers also to control the situation. Although it is pertain genetically and runs in families that dyslexic children could not linked properly in reading and language. This study design was qualitative which was conducted through interview with male and female educator who were involved with these special children’s, simple random sample techniques was utilized and male and females educators were interviewed. Over all finding reveals that if educators are trained in making individual education plan (IEP) and having special knowledge of interventions and techniques to provide knowledge to those slow learner they can exhibit fast reading and writing speed. This study will help full for further innovators who are willing to overcome and want to treat such children’s and make them high achievers as normal students.