The Impact of Pre-school Education on the Academic Achievements of Primary School Students

Abstract

The research study showed the effects of pre-school education experience on the academic performance of primary school children in District Peshawar, the capital city of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The research was survey type and descriptive in nature. The population for this study comprised all primary school pupils of semi-government and private schools of District Peshawar. Hundred pupils from three semigovernment and two private schools of district Peshawar were selected on the basis of purposive sampling technique. Scores were obtained from the annual results of top four students of class one to five. A questionnaire was also designed for teachers of the schools to give information about the children with preschool experience and without such an experience. After the collection and analysis of data, it was indicated that pupils with pre-school education significantly outperformed their counterparts without such experience in all the five schools surveyed by the study. The paper concluded by observing that pre-school education equip children with prerequisite skills which make learning easier and faster for children so exposed. They are very much responsible and take active part in curricular and co-curricular activities. The research concludes that there is great need of opening these institutions by the government in different areas of Peshawar because most of them are either private or semi government.