An Insight into the Instructional Practices of Girls’ Single Teacher Schools

Abstract

In rural areas of Pakistan, enrollment in schools remains low due to low population, therefore, students in most of the school from Zero to 5th class sit together in either one room or two and are taught by a single teacher. Teacher training institutes provide training of mono-grade teaching strategies. Teachers trained in mono-grade teaching practices, after qualifying Government job are posted in multi-grade setup of rural areas.They start learning on how to frame instructional practices of mono grade
teaching to apply in multi grade set up. This qualitative study conducted in girls’ primary schools explored the lived experiences of teachers in Single Teacher Schools. Participants were selected purposively therefore
only those schools were taken which fulfill the need of the study.