Effect of Departmental Challenges Faced by the Teachers on their Performance and Attitude at the Secondary Level
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.58932/MULI0004Keywords:
Departmental challenges, secondary school teachers, secondary levelAbstract
Pakistan is a country where teachers have to face many challenges other than their fundamental teaching task. The teachers of public sector schools have to fulfill many of the tasks assigned by the School Education Department other than teaching e.g., BISE, election, anti-dengue, enrolment, BISP duties, etc. This research aimed to investigate the effect of departmental challenges faced by teachers on their performance and attitude at the secondary school level. It was descriptive in nature and quantitative method was applied for data analysis. Male and female secondary school teachers of public sector schools of district Faisalabad were the population of this study. Two out of six tehsils were randomly selected for the population. Three hundred secondary school teachers (150 male, 150 female) were selected using a simple random sampling technique. A self-developed five-point Likert-type scale duly validated by experts was administered as a research instrument for data collection. ANOVA and independent samples t-test were applied for the data analysis. The finding revealed that there was a significant effect of departmental challenges on teachers’ performance and attitude. It is recommended that the School Education Department (SED) may provide an appropriate number of supporting staff to the educational managers at the district and tehsil levels so that the district and tehsil level authorities let the teachers free from unnecessary tasks.
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