A Study of Early Childhood Education and its Impact on Student Learning Skills: An Evidence from Tehsil Shorkot, Pakistan

Abstract

Early childhood education covers the period from birth to six years. The area of the study was limited to primary school teaching classes. The study was conducted in Tehsil Shorkot. All primary school Teachers of Tehsil Shorkot were this study's population. The sample of the study was 20 schools which were selected by using the purposive sampling technique. The teachers were the study's respondents, six teachers from each school were taken as a sample, and 120 teachers were selected in this way. A well-structured questionnaire was used to collect the data, and the data were analyzed using SPSS. The study concluded that in early childhood education, students follow the discipline, and it plays an essential role in life coming after it. Students showed enthusiasm while reading and writing. Effect of early childhood education on students, which things in their surroundings are introduced to them. Students work with their friends and try to help them. Board was used to make different shapes. Data also revealed that weather charts used to memorize seasons name, a poster on health and hygienic food used to develop healthy clean habits, shape kit used to recognize different shapes like circle triangles, etc.; flashcards used to show various concepts of daily science. Helping visualizing ideas via AV aids and multimedia was a great strategy to make students' concepts very clear.  About three-fourths of respondents said that colored pencils papers used for different activities. ECE rooms develop listening skills via other storybooks and playground equipment like skipping rope and climbing structures are used for exercise.