Teaching Activities and Facilities for Pre-School Children in District Karak

Abstract

Pre-school education is offered in the government primary schools ofKhyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan. Very little attention is given to thepre-school aged children in these schools. Therefore, this study wascarried to explore teaching activities and facilities for Pre-school Childrenin district Karak. The objectives of the study were to explore theavailability of teaching facilities and to investigate teachers’ teachingactivities while teaching pre-school children in the government primaryschools. The population of the study were all the 438 head teachers ofgovernment primary schools for boys of district Karak, KP, Pakistan. Total216 head teachers were selected as sample through proportionate clusterrandom sampling technique. The study was descriptive and survey methodwas adopted. Self-developed questionnaire was used for the collection ofdata. Data was analyzed through descriptive statistics and the use of ChiSquare (χ2) test. Non availability of Audio-Visual (AV) aids,unavailability of specialized teachers and the absence of separateclassroom for preschool children were major findings of the study.Ensuring of AV aids, construction of additional classroom, recruitment ofspecialized preschool teachers and arrangement of refresher courses forthem are the major recommendations of the study.