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

Abstract

Pre-school education is offered in the government primary schools of
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan. Very little attention is given to the
pre-school aged children in these schools. Therefore, this study was
carried to explore teaching activities and facilities for Pre-school Children
in district Karak. The objectives of the study were to explore the
availability of teaching facilities and to investigate teachers’ teaching
activities while teaching pre-school children in the government primary
schools. The population of the study were all the 438 head teachers of
government primary schools for boys of district Karak, KP, Pakistan. Total
216 head teachers were selected as sample through proportionate cluster
random sampling technique. The study was descriptive and survey method
was adopted. Self-developed questionnaire was used for the collection of
data. Data was analyzed through descriptive statistics and the use of Chi
Square (χ2) test. Non availability of Audio-Visual (AV) aids,
unavailability of specialized teachers and the absence of separate
classroom for preschool children were major findings of the study.
Ensuring of AV aids, construction of additional classroom, recruitment of
specialized preschool teachers and arrangement of refresher courses for
them are the major recommendations of the study.