Sahibzada Hamid Mahmud

Gaps in Policy and Practice of District Education Officers KP-Pakistan Sahibzada Hamid Mahmud

The role of District Education Officers has been redefined due to the speedy development in technology and trends in the area of education. The purpose of the study was to analyze gaps in policy and practice of District Education officers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan. The objectives of the study were (1) To study the existing policies and practices of District Education Officers, (2) To identify the gaps between policy and practices of the District Education Officers, (3) To suggest remedial solution in order to bring their practice in line with institutional policies of the education department. The study was carried out in all twenty-five districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to compare institutional policies with the actual practices of the District Education Officers in order to identify gaps for remedial solutions.