Public Education System In Pakistan: An Exploration Into Major Problems

Abstract

This was a qualitative study that has been conducted as a follow-up of a quantitative study. This study has been conducted to explore the major problems in Public education system in Pakistan at Primary level. The primary school teachers serving in Lahore city were selected conveniently as a sample for the study. There were eight primary school teachers who took part in this study. They have been interviewed by the inquirer(s) with the help of a semi-structured interview protocol. After the data collection, the data was analyzed with the help of Thematic analysis. The themes which emerged from the collected data were “Infrastructure; Availability of Resources; School Discipline; Implementation of Curricula: School Curricula.” It has been revealed by the research findings that the basic facilities have been available in schools which includes school building, electric fans and basic water cooler etc. However, there were lack of electric water cooler and school ground etc., which are recommended by the inquirer. These findings have validated the quantitative findings which were; the basic facilities like school building, electric fans and basic water cooler etc., were available for the students. However, there were lack of electric water cooler, school ground and CCTV cameras etc., which are recommended by the inquirer.