摘要：The educational quality is highly dependent upon the quality teachers, having ample amount of knowledge, dispositions, skills and honesty when it comes to their teaching profession. Quality teaching is directly proportional to the learners’ high level of performance. In order to enhance the process of quality teaching and learning, the government of Pakistan with the help of UNESCO launched National Professional Standards (NPSTs) on 23rd February 2009. The present study was aimed to figure out the practices of head teachers and English as Second Language (ESL) public sector teachers at primary level. The study also aimed to explore the differences between the teaching practices of male and female public sector primary level head teachers and English language teachers. The study employed a qualitative research approach. Qualitative in-depth structured interview questions were developed by the researcher after reviewing the document of NPSTs. It was concluded that there were no significant differences among the teaching practices of male and female English language teachers and head teachers of public sector at primary level. It was also seen that all of the teachers and head teachers were seen to be observing NPSTs in their classrooms even if they have not gotten more trainings on it.
关键词：National Professional Standards;ESL Teachers;head teachers;primary level
