Lesson Planning Training in English Language Teaching: A Comparative Analysis between Public and Private Schools in Peshawar

Abstract

This article reports the training in lesson planning received by Pakistani public and private school English teachers, the implementation of the training in classrooms, and the differences, if any, in their teaching practices in the two settings. The data were collected from male and female English teachers of 40 public and 40 private schools through a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. The data were subjected to both quantitative and qualitative analysis. The findings revealed that the public school teachers received more training in lesson planning than the private school teachers; however, public school teachers’ implementation of lesson planning was found highly deficient. In addition, the results showed that the increased amount of training received by the public school teachers was mainly associated with the promotion factor, not with the quality improvement of their teaching. The results further revealed that the private school teachers were better equipped with modern teaching gadgets and tools as compared with the public school teachers which resulted in marked differences in the teaching practices of the two settings. Therefore, it is recommended that the government should improve the quality of public school lesson plan training and develop a monitoring system that can ensure the implementation of training in the classroom. It is also suggested that public school teachers be provided with adequate resources and modern teaching technology.