ROLE OF EXISTING MONITORING SYSTEM AT ELEMENTARY LEVEL IN DISTRICT PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN

The study was descriptive in nature. The study was an attempt to find out the about the role of existing monitoring system at Elementary level in District Peshawar Pakistan. The objectives of the study were: To know about the term mentoring in education system. To know about monitoring role in education. To know about its strengths and weaknesses. To provide practical suggestions for the improvement of the study. The research questions were: What are the existing practices of mentoring in District Peshawar? What is the scope of mentoring in education system? What implementable suggestions does the study propose for effective monitoring system at Elementary level? The study identified that there was dire need to introduce mentoring mechanism in main stream of education at Elementary level in District Peshawar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Many shortcomings were found which included lack of proper mentoring system, need of professional support to the prospective and several teachers, poor performance of supervisors in the field and lack of opportunity to explore career. There was no formal system of mentoring in vogue in Elementary system of education at Government level. Similarly in response to the second question the importance of mentoring in education system was brought home to the stakeholders on the basis of review of literature in local and global perspective.