出版社：International Medical Journal Management and Indexing System
摘要：Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the effects of the two education systems (General Certificate of Education [GCE] and Pakistani Secondary Education [PSE] system) using academic performance of medical students. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted in four medical colleges of Karachi from May 2012 to August 2012. Nine hundred questionnaires were distributed among the students and eight hundred and sixty-three duly filled questionnaires were returned. Results: Of 863 respondents, 175 (20.3%) respondents were males. On average, matriculation students paid Rs 1746 (±1570) (US$ 17.46 [±15.70]) per month for tuition and Rs 1725 (±1674) (US$ 17.25 [±16.74]) per month for the extra coaching, whereas O-level students paid on average of Rs 5438 (±493) (US$ 54.38 [±4.93]) per month for tuition and Rs 3,756 (±2749) (US$ 37.56 [±27.49]) per month for extra coaching. On average, intermediate students spent Rs 1,180 (±209) (US$ 11.80 [±2.09]) per month for tuition and Rs 1631 (±264) (US$ 16.31 [±2.64]) per month for extra coaching, while A-level students paid Rs 9903 (±918) (US$ 99.03 [±9.18]) per month for tuition and Rs 3708 (±793) (US$ 37.08 [±7.93]) per month for extra coaching. For further analysis, the students were categorized into three groups as: Group A: Matriculation and intermediate, Group B: O-level and intermediate, Group C: O-level and A-level. The mean grade point average of the three groups: Group A, Group B, and Group C were 3.18 (±0.43), 3.20 (±0.49) and 3.21 (±0.54), respectively. The differences were statistically insignificant. Conclusion: This study concludes that the students who qualify their secondary education through GCE system; spend one extra year of schooling, pay many times more tuition and extra-coaching fee and send some foreign exchange overseas for registration and examination, gain very insignificant amount of academic achievement when compared to the students who qualify through secondary education system of PSE.
关键词：General certificate of education; grade point average; Pakistan secondary education system; medical students
