SWOT ANALYSIS OF LITERACY AND NUMERACY DRIVE: A CASE STUDY OF PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN DISTRICT CHINIOT

Abstract

In the third-grade level, Literacy and Numeracy Drive (LND) was launched to manage Punjab's tablet-based testing. By this initiative, 300,000 students are examined each month to gauge their improvement in fundamental skills in Urdu, English, and Mathematics. The ability of kids to "Literacy and Numeracy" may be considerably improved. As intended learning objectives for this initiative, fundamental abilities in the fields of Urdu, English, and Arithmetic (Grades I and II) were addressed. This research sought to determine the effectiveness of "Literacy and Numeracy Dive" in Punjab in helping children in grade III achieve fundamental abilities including reading, writing, and informational comprehension. The LND (Literacy and Numeracy Drive) is a crucial component of basic education in Pakistani institutions. This situation demands high attention for LND. The aim of this study was to explore SWOT (strength, weakness, opportunity and threat) of LND in the primary schools of tehsil Lallian district Chiniot. For this purpose, a survey was conducted with primary school teachers of tehsil Lallian. As per SIS (School Information System), there were a total of 180 primary schools in the tehsil Lallian with a total of 834 teachers. To conduct survey, out of 180 schools, Researcher only selected 30 female primary schools with a total of 180 teachers, which considered as my target population. Sample size of 123 teachers had been drawn by using www.surveysystem.com with a confidence interval of 5% and a confidence level 95%. These 123 teachers were surveyed across 30 primary schools through a simple random sampling technique. The data had been collected through a questionnaire which will be design by keeping in view of the objectives of this study. Collected data was analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SSPS).