Teaching Problems of Female English Teachers in English Classrooms in Peshawar, Pakistan

Abstract

This research investigated the problems faced by English teachers in teaching at secondary level in district Peshawar. The instrument of the study was a questionnaire, which was administered to the female English teachers. The sampling was made on ‘Simple random sampling’. The pilot study of the research instrument was carried out on content and construct validity. The reliability of the research tools was tested on ‘Cronbach’s alpha’. It was action as well as descriptive research study. The data were collected from 55 school teachers and it was analyzed on frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and t-test.The findings indicated that female English teachers performed their duties without physical facilities while they were well qualified and competent for teaching but due to no professional training, they had the classroom management and control problem while teaching. Some other factors were also revealed like no proper knowledge in pedagogy and due to which they were tamed to motivate and encourage students for learning. In overcrowded classrooms, they had the problem of teaching and making students understand and that obstructed to keep eye on every student all activities. It is recommended for the education department and policy makers to facilitate female English teachers by necessary equipment’s which they use on daily basis in the class and appoint at least two more teachers to divide the burden of the class. Heads may request to be polite with talented and hardworking teachers with encouragement and motivation. The research consists of different questionnaires, which have been taken from different school teachers of Peshawar district. Other comments of the teachers were lake of interest of the students in English, irrelevant syllabus taught by different schools at Peshawar. Covering of syllabus by teachers is very hard as they have heavy workload at school time.