A SURVEY OF THE MISSING PHYSICAL FACILITIES IN GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS OF KHYBERPAKHTUNKHWA

The present study has been designed to investigate the missing physical facilities and actual needs of the public sector schools of Khyberpakhtunkhwa (KPK) province, Pakistan. Total 100 primary schools were selected from KPK for data collection including 50 male and 50 female primary schools. A checklist was designed to check the status of physical facilities in the sample schools. The data were analyzed using simple graph and percentile methods. The survey revealed that majority of the schools had problems such as shortage of furniture; lack of science, math, computer and English teachers; inadequate IT facilities; inadequate building; shortage of classrooms; playgrounds, washrooms, AV aids, Computers, inadequate light, drinking water and toilet facilities. The study concludes that there is a dire need for school improvement in terms of missing physical facilities to meet the actual needs. It recommended that school managers should carry out comprehensive assessment of the facilities to determine areas of need. This type of assessment will assist in policy formulation as it relates to facility management in schools. Effective teaching learning would not be possible without adequate physical facilities to the students and teachers. In order to improve current status of schools and making it a better place for effective teaching learning process, some implement able suggestions were made, when followed would help to provide suitable environment.