Teachers’ Perceptions and Practices about Grade V and VIII Students’ Assessment under Punjab Examination Commission

Abstract

Evaluation is important in the field of education. The current study's objective was to examine the viewpoints and methods teachers use when implementing the School-Based Assessment (SBA) system in the elementary schools in Kasur district. The study's conclusions are to provide the Punjab Examination Commission (PEC) with useful information by illuminating difficulties instructors have when administering SBA examinations and suggesting possible remedies. Using a proportionate sample approach, participants were chosen from three tehsils to represent the four tehsils in the Kasur district, where the study was centered on teachers and head teachers. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data from 24 participants, and Creswell's (2012) theme analysis technique was used for the qualitative analysis. The main conclusions were insufficient SBA training for teachers, a dearth of thorough monitoring of the SBA procedure in schools, teachers' lack of commitment to putting the SBA system into reality, and cases of malpractice throughout the SBA process.