PSYCHODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMME AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SCHOOL STUDENTS: EVIDENCE FROM KARACHI

Abstract

Teacher training institutes across Pakistan are pivotal to equip the secondary students with core knowledge and professional skill set. It is imperative in this contect to measure how teacher training in real affects the performance of secondry school students in specific context of Karachi district in the province of Sindh. This study critically examines the impact of both professionally equipped teachers and untrained teachers on the academic achievement of students. Hence, a critical anlysis of relevant literature was perused which highlighted that professional development of teachers is essential in order to provide quality education to students in various programmes of education. The study employed data collection from private schools run in the distrit of Karachi. A random sample of n= 100 students (male and female) taught by trained and untrained teachers was obtained to measure the impact of teacher training. A research questionnaire comprising 10 items was used that assessed teacher’s performance in the context of teacher trainng. The study found that priave secondary school students taught by trained teacher showed significantly  better results. The study concludes that there is a substantial difference between the performance of trained and untrained teachers in specific performance areas in private secondary schools in Karachi.