Factors Causing Low Performance in English at Secondary Level in Pakistan

Abstract

The present research aims to explore the factors causing low performance in English at secondary level in Pakistan. The study is qualitative in nature. The survey technique was used for data collection. The population of the study comprises secondary level schools of Pakistan. The 60 schools and 300 teachers were selected as a sample size for data collection. An online questionnaire was developed by the researchers for data collection. The questionnaire was contained on ten close-ended and one open-ended question. The questionnaire was sent to the participants via WhatsApp and email. The congregated data was later analyzed by using SPSS latest version and presented in tables in numerical form. The results revealed that overall the performance of the students in English subject was low than other subjects of science in these schools. The findings also revealed that students interaction, parents’ interaction, lack of facilities, poor management and teachers’ interaction were the major factors causing poor performance at secondary level education. In the end researchers presented some recommendation on the base of these results.