Challenges of Implementation of English as a Medium of Instruction in Basic Level of Kaski District

Abstract

The present thesis entitled “Challenges of Implementation of English as a Medium of Instruction in Basic Level of Kaski District” has been carried out to find out the challenges of implementation of English as a medium of instruction in basic level of Kaski district and ways to handle those challenges. Regarding the methodology, primary data were used. Five non-English teachers from different schools of Kaski district were purposively selected for the study. Interview was conducted as a tool for data collections. Furthermore, the findings of this research suggest that the challenges such as love of national language as a mother tongue, diversity in classroom, time consuming, poor linguistic proficiency of teachers, lack of adequate effective teaching materials, lack of teacher trainings, poor curriculums and textbooks, lack of qualified teachers, uneducated parents and gender inequality in society and poverty occurred during the implementation of English as a medium of instruction in basic level of Kaski district. It is also found that the measures such as collaboration with teachers, use of internet and mobile, translation into Nepali and mother tongue, self management of educational materials, managing the training programs, improvement of the curriculum focusing on localization and, help and suggestion to students and parents as ways of handling those challenges in the implementation of English as a medium of instruction in basic level of Kaski district. This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter is an introductory chapter that includes background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definitions of key words. The second chapter is review of related literature and conceptual framework which includes review of theoretical literature, review of empirical literature, implications of reviewed literature and developing conceptual framework. Chapter three deals with the methods and procedure of study which includes design and method of the study, population and sample of the study, sampling procedure, area of the study, data collection tools and techniques, data collection procedures, data analysis and interpretation procedures and ethical considerations. Similarly, chapter four is analysis and interpretation of result which includes challenges of implementation of EMI in basic levels in Kaski district and ways to handling those challenges. Moreover, the last fifth chapter deals with findings, conclusions and recommendations. The references and findings have been included in the last part of the thesis.