Assessment of the Prevailing Training Strategies for Inservice Teachers of Secondary Schools in Public Sector

Abstract

This study was conducted using a descriptive research method. The purpose of the study was to investigate and assess the potential of the prevailing training strategies for in-service teachers of secondary schools in the public sector. The main objectives of the study were to identify the strengths, to find out the weaknesses, to point out the aspects that need improvement and to recommend ways and means to reinforce strengths and overcome weaknesses. The population of the study was all the R.I.T.Es' of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, all the instructors of these R.I.T.Es' institutions, all the trainees of these institutes from 2010 to 2012,1648 secondary schools of K.P.K.,25 districts of K.P.K. This study utilized interviews for trainers and questionnaires for trainees to collect data, which was then tabulated and analyzed using mean and percentage for interpretation. The findings of the study were; the cumulative mean 3.38 of the contents of the training shows that the majority of the respondents were remained neutral about the objectives, language and contents relevance and validity, the cumulative mean 3.38 of the methodologies of the training shows that the respondents remained undecided  but some of the respondents were strongly in the favour of some items while the other were strongly disagreed with some items, the cumulative mean 2.9 of the trainers’ commitments and interests shows that the trainees were remained neutral. The study recommends trainees understand training objectives, ensure logical, clear, relevant, interesting, and valid content, and align training methodologies with communication and information technology. It emphasizes the importance of trainers' commitments and interests in the training process, ensuring selection based on qualifications.