Samreen Memon, Pushpa Goswami, Amir Iqbal Memon.
Effects of Schooling and Parental Education on Student’s Achievement in Medical Entrance Test.
J Liaquat Uni Med Health Sci Jan ;15(3):116-20.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of parent’s education and better schooling in achievement of medical entrance exam. DESIGN: Descriptive SETTING: Department of Anatomy, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro. METHOD: This study was conducted on first year MBBS students admitted in Batch 2015-2016 at Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro. Total 340 students were included in this study. A questionnaire is used for data collection which was filled by students after verbal consent. RESULTS: Out of total 340 students, 314 filled the questionnaire. Among 314 students 111 (35%) are males and 203 (65%) are female students. Eighty percent (80%) male and eighty five percent (85%) female students had their early education from private schools of high standard while only 20% male and 15% female students had their education from government/ public schools. Regarding parental education, female students has 100% fathers and 89% educated mothers, while for male students 97% fathers and 69% mothers found educated. Overall 90% parents who were educated. CONCLUSION: Although there may several factors, however better schooling and parental education is most powerful factor to influence success rate of children pre medical entrance exam.

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