Mapping Implementation of National Curriculum for Early Childhood Education in Private Schools of District Gilgit

Abstract

The study was conducted to examine the ECE teachers’ pedagogical
skills, availability of required resources in ECE centers run by Aga Khan
Education Service (AKES) in the District of Gilgit implementing Early
Childhood Education (ECE) curriculum 2007. It was a descriptive study
and conducted by following a sequential explanatory mixed-method
design to collect the data. The population of the study was students,
teachers, and heads of ECE centers run by Aga Khan Education Services
in Districts of Gilgit. A semi-structured interview was designed on basis
of the responses of ECE teachers and the results of the observational
Likert scale of ECE teachers. The major findings of the study revealed
that ECE teachers were facing problems in implementing the National
curriculum 2007 due to overcrowded classrooms, insufficient teaching
resources material, and lack of open space in the ECE setting. The
finding of the study also exposed that ECE teachers were not behaving
gently and were not providing individual attention to every child at ECE
centers. However it was also revealed that the ECE teachers were
applying daily routine, lesson review activities, and activity-based
methods to improve their language skills. The study recommends for the
provision of necessary ECE learning resources, standardized childteacher ratio, teachers training, collaboration, and communication
between the ECE teachers and parents to a successful implementation of
the ECE curriculum 2007