REFORMS OF PAKISTAN TAHREEK E INSAF IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION IN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL

Abstract

This study analyses educational reforms at the Elementary and Secondary level education introduced by the Pakistan Tahreek e Insaf’s (PTI) government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during its rule from 2013 to 2022. The study focuses on the impacts of hard and soft infrastructure comprising construction of new educational institutes as well as reforms on teachers, heads of schools, educational managers, and students in district Malakand of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Data was collected by conducting personal interviews with relevant stakeholders and thematic analysis was used for processing and analysing the data. It was found that the PTI government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provided huge funds for construction, repair and installation of solar system at school level. The government also introduced Independent Monitoring Unit which brought a positive change in teachers’ and students’ attendance. Enrollment drives and double shift were introduced. New teachers were inducted without proper pre-service training which can lower the quality of education. Based on the findings of this study, it is recommended that the inducted teachers need to be trained properly, and pre-service training need to be adopted as criteria for the induction of teachers to raise the overall quality of teaching and learning.

Key words: Government of PTI, Reforms, Elementary and Secondary Education.