Open AccessTeachers’ Perspectives on Boys’ Underperformance in Education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Author(s) -
Raza Ullah,
Hazir Ullah
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revija za elementarno izobraževanje
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2350-4803
pISSN - 1855-4431
DOI - 10.18690/rei.14.1.113-123.2021
Subject(s) - khyber pakhtunkhwa , certificate , nonprobability sampling , school certificate , mathematics education , school teachers , certificate in education , medical education , psychology , pedagogy , sociology , library science , political science , higher education , mathematics , medicine , computer science , demography , socioeconomics , education policy , population , algorithm , law , education
This article is an attempt to explore possible causes of boys’ underperformance in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) Annual examinations of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Peshawar, KP, Pakistan. T he a im o f t he s tudy i s t o e xplore t he i ssue o f b oys’ underperformance from the perspectives of school and college teachers. Thus, the data for the study come from qualitative interviews with 30 school and college teachers (15 male and 15 female). We employed purposive sampling technique for including teachers. The findings of the study recommend that evidence-based strategies need to be adopted to improve boys’ academic performance and attitudes to learning.