Teacher Assessment in the Secondary schools of Afghanistan with Reference to Some Parameters of Pedagogical Practices

Nowadays teacher performance assessment in education has become significant with a view to enhance the quality of education. It is evidentthat this thrust area would lead to quality and excellence in education. It is realized that the most arguable point about teacher assessmentis the improvement of students’ performance and learning outcomes. One of the very debatable issues about quality teaching is that to whatextent a teacher is able to provide a positive learning environment inside the classroom. Similarly, a qualified teacher is also assumed to creategood learning conditions by employing effective pedagogy.The available studies on Afghan teacher teaching skills (Afghanistan National Education for All (EFA) Review Report, 2015; NationalEducation Strategic Plan (NESP), Ministry of Education, 2016; Education Sector Analysis Report Draft, 2016 and Mansory, 2010) indicate that thevast majority of Afghan school teachers employ traditional pedagogy which cannot help learners to advance their ‘critical thinking’ ability andbecome ‘autonomous’ learners (Barron and Darling-Hammond, 2008). The above conceptual background and reviewed report of Afghanistanhave inspired the authors to assess the teachers' performance in the secondary schools of Afghanistan with reference to some parameters ofpedagogical practices. The present paper depicts the observed existing pedagogical practices through a series of classroom observation andattempted to suggest some ideas to overcome the challenges of the teachers.Journal of Teacher Education and Research (2019): . DOI: 10.36268/JTER/1415