A study of quality teaching in the Secondary Schools of Karachi

The present study aimed at finding out the factors affecting the quality teaching at the secondary level. Moreover, this study examined the existing academic and administrative state of schools, how they are supervised, and how they can be made effective to provide quality teaching. The population of the study comprised of the public secondary schools of Karachi. Survey method was used to conduct research. The sample consisted of 400 teachers who were randomly selected from the four towns of Karachi. Twenty two schools were selected through systematic random sampling. The questionnaire was used for collecting data which consisted of 40 items with five-point Likert Scale. The collected data were tabulated, calculated, analyzed, and interpreted in the light of objectives of the study, and the research hypotheses. Moreover, inferential statistics was used for testing of hypotheses i.e. χ2-test.

The following were the conclusions driven from the findings. Teachers believed that they needed support of students for quality education, head teachers considered subject command that was very important for teaching, teachers monitor students for their adjustment with school environment, head teachers believed in continuous professional development and they believed that such opportunities were very essential for all teachers, school did not provide enough furniture to the students, school had presubscribed rules for students' attendance, school had administrative staff in order to maintain students' record, teachers believed in organizing co-curricular activities as per developed curriculum, teachers did not pay any attention to enhancing teaching methodology and the teaching materials were considered the most important in teaching and learning process, teachers believed that the seasoned senior teachers should have re-checked the marked answer sheets.