SW OT Analysis M Ed program

ALLAM IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSIRY

ISLAMABAD-PAKISTAN

Abdul Ghaffar Tahir

ag_tahir71@yahoo.com
 ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY

 The Allama Iqbal Open University, a Mega university, was

established in 1974 under an Act of Parliament. Its name was
Peoples Open University The main campus of the university is
situated in sector H-8, Islamabad. It was 2nd Open University of the
world and first of its kind in Asia and Africa. The aim of establishing
AIOU was to provide affordable and accessible education through
distance learning at the door step to those people who could not
continue their education journey through formal system of education
 The AIOU operates on semester system and admits students in
Autumn and Spring semesters. At present, the AIOU is offering
programs from matric to PhD level in different disciplines under the
different faculties and departments. Faculty of education is the
biggest faculty of the university
FACU LTY OF EDU CATI ON
 The origin of the Faculty of Education
predates the university itself. The
National Institute of Education was
established in1973 under the Federal
Ministry of Education. It became part of
the university in June 1975 as Institute of
Education in the Faculty of Social
Sciences. In 1984 it got the status of
Faculty of Education.
DEPARTN EN TS OF TH E
FACU LTY
 The faculty comprises of the following seven
departments:
• Distance Non-Formal and Continuing Education
• Educational Planning, Policy Studies and Leadership
• Elementary Teacher Education
• Secondary Teacher Education
• Science Education
• Special Education
• Institute of Mass Education and Literacy
 PRO GRM S OF FA CULTY OF
ED UCA TI ON

 The faculty has developed and lunched

more than 190 courses in various
disciplines from SSC to PhD programs
 It is know fully recognized by both the
Govt. of Pakistan and international
agencies as the prime national
providers of professional education and
training at all level
The faculty is offering the following
academic programs;
 PhD (M.Phil based) Distance Non-Formal and Continuing Education
 PhD (M Phil based) Educational Planning and Management.
 PhD (M Phil based) Secondary Teacher Education
 PhD (M Phil based) Special Education
 MS / M Phil leading to PhD Distance Non-Formal and Continuing Education
 MS / M Phil leading to PhD Educational Planning and Management
 MS / M Phil leading to PhD Secondary Teacher Education
 MS / M Phil leading to PhD Special Education
 M.Ed Distance Non-Formal and Continuing Education
 M.Ed Science Education
 M.Ed Secondary Teacher Education
 M.Ed Special Education
 M A Distance Non-Formal and Continuing Education
 M A Educational Planning and Management
 M A Special Education
 M A Science Education
 B Ed Bachelor of Education
 PG Diploma Educational Planning and
Management
 PG Diploma Special Education
 PG Diploma Physical Education
 CT certificate of teaching
 SSC level courses of education
 HSSC level courses of education
 BA level courses
 Literacy program
M ED P ROG RAMM E
 The emerging need and shortage of human
development resources mixed with higher
qualification of leadership in the field of education at
the national level demand personnel, who has sound
professional and academic background in the
relevant field. The M Ed program provide such
academic opportunities to teachers. These national
opportunities are aimed at providing education and
training facilities in the country to the persons such
as working teachers, tutors, administrators,
extension workers and interested education
graduates.
SP ECIA LIZ ATION
 Student may chose any one of the four
specialization;
• Distance and non formal education
• Science education
• Secondary teacher education
• Special education
ELIG IB ILI Y F OR M ED
PRO GR M

 BA/B Sc at least second division. along

with B Ed at least second division
or
 BS Ed at least second division
M Ed PRO GR AM (S EC ON DR Y
TE ACH ER EDU CATIO N)
 fundamental of education
 educational research
 curriculum development and instructions
 educational psychology
 elementary education
 secondary education
 teacher education in Pakistan
 higher education
 Islamic system of education
 educational measurement and evaluation
 text book development
 thesis
S W O T

Strengths
Weaknesses

Opportunities

Threats
SWOT ?
 Strengths are attributes of the organization that are
helpful to the achievement of the objective. Internal
positive point of the M Ed. program.
 Weaknesses are attributes of the organization that are
harmful to the achievement of the objective. Internal
negative point of the M Ed program
 Opportunities are external conditions that are helpful to
the achievement of the objective. External positive point
of the M Ed program
 Threats are external conditions that are harmful to the
achievement of the objective. External negative point of
the M Ed program
Strengths
 Semester system
 Cheap available degree
 New mode of assessment (assignment)
 Free provision of book and study material
 Especially women can achieve living within
their house
 New mode of instruction. e.g. Instruction on TV
& Radio
 Especially fruitful for remote areas
 Along with the job you can achieve the degree
We aknes ses
 Less contact of student and teacher
 No strict tutorship criteria (subject specific)
 No proper evaluation system for assignment
 No check over on assessed assignments
 No concept of co-operative or group learning
 No intra class fellows contact
 Low textbooks quality (cut-copy-paste)
Opp ortu nitie s
 Tutorship
 School teachers
 Subject specialist
 Head Teacher/ Headmaster
 Lectureship in colleges & universities
 Further study for M S/M Phil / PhD
 Equally academic & professional degree
Thre ats
 Less assessment approach
 Low quality education
 Having no role model
 Less communication skill
 Less competent in field
 Less confident in performance
 Low interpersonal skills