Pedagogical content knowledge: Intensive training for new faculty

Govt to give tablets pre-loaded with training programmes

PESHAWAR: After recruiting hundreds of teachers, the provincial government has launched a six-months-long intensive training programme for these new teachers.

According to documents of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Elementary and Secondary Education Department (KP E&SED), the training programme for all newly recruited teachers will focus on enhancing their Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) and skills in their specific subject areas.

The programme, also called teachers’ induction programme, will provide 15,000 pre-loaded computer tablets to all under-training teachers.


In this regards, a contract worth of Rs424 million has been signed between the Provincial Institute of Teacher Education (PITE) and the supplier.

The programme was designed by of Curriculum and Teacher Education Directorate and will be implemented by PITE with support from the K-P Education Sector Programme Technical Assistance (KESP-TA).

The tablets will contain training videos, descriptive materials and self- assessment exercises. The course will be taught through a specially designed Learning Management System (LMS).

Under-training teachers will also go through face-to-face sessions which will be facilitated by subject-experts from high and higher secondary schools who are trained by the PITE.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 24^th, 2018.