Analysis of Problems Faced by Teachers Teaching English at Secondary School Level

The main purpose of the study was to make a proper analysis of the problems faced by teachers teaching English at secondary school. The objectives of the study were: To identify the major problems faced by teachers in teaching English at secondary school level; To identify the perceived causes of the problems faced by the secondary school English teachers; To identify the consequences of problems faced by teachers teaching English at secondary school level; To find out the suggested solutions of problems faced by teachers teaching English at secondary school level. The population of the study comprised of all the teachers teaching English at secondary school level. Through stratified random sampling 400 secondary school teachers were selected as samples. The instrument used in the current research was questionnaire. The findings of the study revealed that the teachers teaching English at secondary school level in district are facing many problems like, limited teaching resources, disturbed environment of classroom, crowdedness in classroom, shortage of audio-visual aids for teaching, course completion problem and shortage of time for grammar teaching. It was found that females teachers have more issues than males’ teachers, public school teachers have more problems than private schools’ teachers and rural areas teachers have been facing more problem as compared to urban areas teachers teaching English language at secondary school level. The study recommend that trained teachers must be hired for English language teaching with allocation of more budget for buying of modern equipment, used for English language teaching in the classroom.