Need to bring Teacher Leadership in Early Childhood Education
By; Mehr Parwar Hashoo Foundation Early Childhood Education (ECE) has evolved as a key concern in modern education which demands the teachers to perform as caregivers and facilitators in their schools. In Pakistan mostly, teachers are likely to spend quality of their time keeping themselves busy in the schools in setting files and calculating money and figures in the registers. Most of the primary school teachers are untrained in ECD and its requirements in education. Such teachers show nonprofessional attitude with children and parents. Parents are unaware about the importance of ECE and hence there prevails lack of cooperation , gap and misunderstanding in the schools and homes. Moreover, the principals and head teachers are failed to provide proper guidance and supervision to teachers and parents in early development period of their children. Resultantly schools fail to create a conducive environment to attract young minds towards learning. Research in Earl...