Abstract

This study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of assessment practices at teacher education institutions. Focus of the study was to find out major problems of assessment practices and identifying the opinion of students in these institutions. Keeping in view the nature of the study, survey method considered suitable and used to collect the data from required sample. After reviewing literature, a questionnaire was developed. It included two open ended questions and twenty seven closed ended questions which were asked on five point scale i.e. “To little or no extent” to “to a great extent”. Data was collected from Department of Education Government S.E College Bahawalpur and Government Sadiq Women University Bahawalpur. The purpose of questionnaire was to obtain systematically and objectively the sample’s opinions about effectiveness of assessment practice at teacher education institutions of Bahawalpur district. Frequencies, percentages and means of responses were calculated. Students gave positive opinion about effectiveness of assessment practices. It reveals from the data that as compared to female students, male students’ opinion were more positive about overall assessment practices in teacher education institutions in Bahawalpur. Data shows that students faced different problems during assessment process. This study recommends students assessment through co-curricular activities along with curricular activities whereas an equal weightage may be considered to oral and written assignments for better results of the students. The same study may be extended to different cities of the country.