Prevailing Dominant Issues in Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Teacher Training Programs: Form Trainees and Facilitators Perspectives

Abstract

This study investigated the perceptions of trainee teachers and facilitators regarding the problems in continuous professional development (CPD) teacher training programmes. The study collected data from 266 trainee teachers and 23 facilitators regarding the problems faced by them during continuous professional development teachers training programmes. Priority index and rank order methods were used to prioritize the problems face by trainee teachers and facilitators. The researchers provided a list of problems to the participants and they were asked to prioritize these problems as per their perspectives. The results revealed that trainee teachers perceived that lack of remuneration of training for trainees was the top prioritized problem while arrangement of centres for training was the least prioritized problem. The study results also found that facilitators of the training programmes perceived that remuneration of facilitators was the top prioritized problem while extra ordinary pressure from department for training was the least prioritized problem among the ten problems. The study recommended that financial benefits and proper remuneration system may be introduced to enhance the interest of the trainees and facilitators to enhance the effectiveness of the continuous training programmes.