An Analytical Study of Early Childhood Education Facilities in Public and Private Sector Schools in Azad Jammu & Kashmir

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze a situation of ECE facilitiesavailable in public and private sector schools in AJ&K. The main objectiveof the study was to assess the availability of physical, academic, sports andlearning environment facilities for ECE in public and private sectorschools in AJ&K. The study was descriptive in nature and a quantitativeapproach was applied for conducting the research. A questionnaire wasused for the collection of data from respondents. The sample consisted of100 teachers, which were 50 from the public sector and 50 from the privatesector by using a disproportionate stratified random sampling technique.A questionnaire consisted of 46 items with four subscales was used in thisstudy. Mean, standard deviation and t-test was used to analyze the data.Expert opinion was taken to check the validity of questionnaire.Cronbach’s Alpha of the questionnaire was .705. The result of the studyrevealed that the availability of all four facilities is better in public sectorschools than private sector schools. It is recommended that resources ofteaching and learning for early childhood education need to be increased.It is also suggested that the curriculum for ECE should also be revised andimplemented in private sector schools of AJ&K.