Divergent Educational Paradigms and Moral Development: Public versus Religious Schooling

Abstract

The main objective of the study was to find out the level of moral development of students from public schools and Deeni Madrasahs. The study was descriptive in nature with quantitative design. 172 Madrasah students and 281 public elementary schools’ students were taken as a sample through SRS technique. The desired sample for this study was 453 students. Two self-developed questionnaires comprising five factors of moral development: integrity, self-control, courage, honesty, obedience, and respect were utilized in this study. The collected data was analyzed with the help of SPSS. Parametric tests of significance like t-test, and one way ANOVA were applied for better interpretation of results. The summary of result shows that Deeni Madrasahs students have higher level of moral development as compare to public school students. This study recommends that; Schools should promote activities that emphasize the importance of ethical behavior; ensuring students internalize honesty and fairness in their actions.