Impact of Teachers’ Upgradation Policy on Education Quality
Primary School Level in District Swabi
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A new service structure for teachers will probably soon be introduced by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administration. According to a representative of the department of elementary and secondary education, this has long been a requirement of instructors working in the same grade in public schools. Thus, the present study sought to explore the impact of teachers’ upgradation policy on education quality at primary school level in district Swabi. The current study was designed as descriptive in nature in which the data was collected concerning the existing status of the subject of the study. All the 591 government primary schools constituted the population of the study. In which 2392 teachers were the target population of the designed study. From the total population a sample of 100 primary school head teachers were randomly selected as sample for the study. Therefore, a closed end questionnaire was adopted on the 3-point scale, contained 10 items by taking input from supervisor. Findings of the study shows that Majority of the sampled respondents opined that it is a good step taken by the government. Most of the sampled respondents were of the opinion that upgradation policy is best suited for all of the teachers from the primary. Moreover, Government may upgrade 50% of in-service teachers through upgradation and Government may reserve 50% for the new induction through ETEA/NTS are some of the recommendation based on study findings.
Keywords:
Education, Impact, KP, New structure
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