Role of Rural Education and Development Foundation in School Development for AJK

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to find out the role of rural education and development foundation in school development for AJ&K. The objectives of the study were to: find out the role of READ Foundation for the development of poor and needy students, assess the contribution of READ Foundation in training of staff and analyze strategy is being applied for school buildings and physical infrastructure. The study was delimited to: Regional Managers working in five regions of READ Foundation in AJ&K, Education Training Officers working in five regions of READ Foundation in AJ&K, Head Teachers working in Higher Secondary Schools of READ Foundation in AJ&K and HSSC level teachers working in READ Foundation in AJ&K. The study was aimed at analyzing the contribution of READ Foundation for school development in AJ&K. It was a qualitative study by design, and a descriptive study by nature which required a survey to collect the data. The data were collected from different (four) groups of samples on self-developed questionnaires personally by the researcher. Population of the study was as follows: All five (5) Regional Managers (RMs) of READ Foundation. All twenty-five (25) Education Training Officers (ETOs) of READ Foundation. All three hundred and seventy-four (374) Head teachers of READ Foundation and all five thousand two hundred and seven (5207) teachers. The main purpose of sampling is to produce a sample that best representing the research questions (Maxwell, 2003). Multistage sampling techniques were used for this study. All five (05) RMs were selected by universal sampling technique. All twenty-five (25) ETOs were selected by universal sampling technique. All twenty five (25) head teachers were selected by universal sampling technique. Questionnaire was used as research tool. Chi-square, percentages and frequencies were as statistical techniques