EFFECTS OF DOMESTIC PROBLEM (DISTANCE FROM HOME TO SCHOOL) ON THE TEACHING EFFICIENCY OF PRIMARY SCHOOL FEMALE TEACHERS IN DISTRICT LAKKI MARWAT

Abstract

Purpose: The key purpose of the study was to know the effects of long-distance from their -homes on Primary school female teachers in district Lakki Marwat due to which their teaching efficiency was affected.

Methodology: The study was descriptive (survey) in nature. The total numbers of (N = 810) respondents (Government Girls Primary School Teachers) in district Lakki Marwat were the population of the study in which (n = 162) respondents were selected as the samples of the study through the L.R.Gay sample size formula. Multistage sampling techniques were used. The main objective of the study was to examine the effects of the domestic problem (distance from home to school) on the teaching efficiency of primary school female teachers in district Lakki Marwat. Data were collected through a self-developed questionnaire of options “Most Affect (76-100%), More Affect (51-75%), Much Affect (26-50%), Less Affect (1-25%), and Never Affect (No Effect). Data were statistically analyzed through SPSS by using Linear Regression. Results, conclusions and recommendations were drawn in the light of objectives of the study.

Main Findings: The results of the study indicated that primary school female teachers were physically, socially, culturally, mentally, and psychologically affected because of serving in farflung areas (Areas with long distances from home to school) at the Primary school level due to which their teaching efficiency was negatively affected already clarified via statistical results “Linear Regression” and percentage, etc.

Implicationsof the Study: In the light of the findings of the study, Government Girls Primary school teachers showed low or poor teaching efficiency due to their domestic problem i.e. long distances from home to school due to which they faced so many other social, cultural, physical, and psychological problems associated with the said domestic problem. In this regard, the study will very helpful in resolving such issues in general in Pakistan and particularly poor and educationally deprived areas like district Lakki Marwat, KP, Pakistan.

Novelty: The findings of the study will support the educationists and researchers in the future to solve the problem of primary school female teachers serving in far-flung schools due to which their teaching efficiencies are badly influenced. This novel study will be very significant for all primary school female teachers, educationists, scholars, researchers, policymakers, education department, and the government of the time to ponder over the said problem and find a proper solution for it.