Pakistan Journal of Educational Research and Evaluation (PJERE), Vol 11, No 2 (2023)

Font Size:  Small  Medium  Large

How do School and Family Matter? Exploring Success Stories of Students from Underprivileged Families

Ata Elahi Baqir, Syed Abdul Waheed, Nadia Gilani

Abstract


The current research aimed to explore the success stories of secondary and higher secondary school students with low socioeconomic status. The population comprised of all the top position holder students in the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Sahiwal who secured first, second, or third position during the last five years. Thirteen position holders with low socioeconomic status were selected purposively for gathering the data through semi structured interviews. Narrative Ethnography was employed as a qualitative approach to execute the study. The data was collected, transcribed, coded, categorized, and themes were generated. The study determined that family, schoolteacher’s support and motivation, scholarships along with fee concession helped a lot of these students to win the position in BISE. It is recommended that parents with low socioeconomic status should be provided jobs and financial support for the education of their top position holder students and students should be given more scholarships and fee concessions. 

 


Full Text: PDF

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.