Effect of Early Literacy Skills on Students’ Academic Achievement at Primary Schools of District Narowal

Abstract

The basic aim of this research study is to investigate the effect of early literacy skills on students’ academic achievement at primary schools of Narowal. Early literacy skills considered as globally acceptable variable to enhance students in their future educational tasks. Experimental design was used to conduct the study. Align with prerequisites of experimental design two groups e.g. control and experimental group was created. The experimental group was taught early literacy skills. In comparison control group was taught traditional syllabus. Pretests and posttests were administered to both the experimental and control groups to evaluate the academic achievement of the students for this purpose, a self-developed early literacy skills test was used for data collection. Two intact group classes (60 students in total) of primary school who studied the early literacy skills curriculum in the same first grade were selected through purposive sampling technique. The researcher compared the academic achievement of the experimental and control groups after the intervention. According to the study's findings early literacy skills instruction significantly effects’ students’ academic achievement. However, students who acquire early literacy skills perform better academically than students in the control group. it was recommended heads of institutions must ensure that schools have resources teacher training and early literacy friendly atmosphere. Longitudinal studies that follow kids from early grades to higher grades may be strongly advised for future researchers