Factors Enhancing Quality of Education at Secondary School Level in Swabi, Pakistan
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https://doi.org/10.55737/qjss.884923590Keywords:
Education, Secondary School Level, Swabi, PakistanAbstract
Education is the only way to make survival in this globalized world. Education is the last hope to stabilize Pakistan socially and economically. Socio-economic development is directly proportional to the quality of Education. Objectives of paper are to identify the factors enhancing the quality of education at secondary school level in Swabi, to describe the opinion of principals regarding the factors enhancing quality of education at secondary school level and to know the views of teachers regarding the factors enhancing quality of education at secondary school level. The study was delimited to the public sector male secondary school of district Swabi. All the principals of and 1450 teachers of eighty two Government High Schools of district Swabi constituted the population of the study (EMIS, 2017). Out of the total population 68 principals and 304 teachers randomly selected (Rao soft sample calculator). Two closed end questionnaire containing 26 items each were developed on Likert scale in relation to the objectives. Percentage was used as statistical tool to analyze the collected data. Findings of the study reveal that the opinion of the principals and teachers regarding the factors enhancing quality of education are as 76% principal and 99.3% teachers were of the opinion that dynamic curriculum is a most appropriate factor for enhancing quality of education. All the principals and teachers were in favour of the factor that respect should be given to the prophetic profession for enhancing quality of education. All the respondents were in favour of the role of DEO for improving quality of education. Majority of the respondents admitted that coordination among parents, teachers and officers is a most appropriate factor for enhancing quality of education. All the respondents were agreed that professional development and subject command of teachers is a pivotal factor for enhancing quality of education.
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