Areas of Professional Development of Public Sector Teachers at Primary Level in District Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhaw: A Critical Analysis.

Abstract

The study was designed to investigate the Areas for Professional Development of public sector Teachers at Primary school level in District Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The Purpose of this study was to evaluate the teachers’ performance in those Areas and National Professional Standards which are directly related to the class room practices and its main focus was to identify the areas where professional development of the teachers is needed. The main objectives of the study were; To critically evaluate the teaching Performance of public sector teachers at boys’ primary school level at Urban and Rural areas in district Peshawar; To evaluate the teachers teaching in light of National Professional Standards; To appraise the teachers’ teaching in light of the prescribed Areas of Instruction for 2006 curriculum; To compare the performance of the selected eight circles of District Peshawar; To identify the areas where professional development of the teachers is needed. For data collection an observational rubric with a four point coded rating scale was developed. Data was collected from 360 teachers of 120 schools of the total population 3465. The collected data was analyzed with the help of software SPSS version 16. The analysis of various levels indicated that maximum numbers of teachers were at level-4 (unsatisfactory) i.e more than 60% of the total teachers observed. The study recommended that Education department chalk out a wide-ranging plan for the training on all standards. Implementable training policy was recommended to frame all types of training programs. As a collaborative approach a four tier model, for continuing professional development, was recommended. Along with such other recommendations, a Teacher Performance Management Wing (TPMW) was also recommended to be established to appraise and supervise the instructional process.