Early Childhood Education in Pakistan: Issues and Challenges

Rana Navid Ahmad PhD, Saeed Anjum, Shafiqur Rehman PhD

Abstract: This study aimed at exploring different issues and challenges of Early Childhood Education in Pakistan. The objectives of the study were to analyze the existing status, facilities and practices at ECE level in public and private sector schools. Stratified sampling technique was used to select the branches of schools from both public and private sector. Sample of 32 administrators was selected, including sixteen each from public and private sector. Three teachers from each school (32x3=96) were selected from both the sectors. two different questionnaires were developed, each for administrators and teachers. For statistical analysis of data, arithmetic mean, percentage was used. Results showed that streamlining of existing status, practices and facilities at ECE level is very necessary because it is very useful for children for future success and also in enhancing literacy rate, so that children can enter in the main stream of society more successfully

Keywords: Early Childhood Education, issues, challenges, practices