Measuring the Difference of Impact of Co-Curricular Activities on Students’ Learning Skills at the Public Middle Schools of Karachi

Abstract

This research was conducted to measure the difference of impact of co-curricular activities on students’ learning skills at the public middle schools of Malir Town, District Malir, Karachi. This study specifically focused on the learning performance, learning abilities, and learning activeness between male and female students in the middle-level public school in Malir town. The in-depth analysis of the literature review was employed to support the problem of the study. The strategy of the research was quantitative and the population of the study was limited to Public Middle-Level Schools in Malir Town. Moreover, a set of questionnaire was formulated for students. The sample size of students was limited to 120. Due to the heterogeneous population, simple random sampling was used to collect the data and the data was analyzed through inferential statistical tools by employing Independent t-test on Statistical Packages of Social Sciences (SPSS).The findings of the research revealed the fact that the male students have significantly higher learning skills and learning abilities as compared to female students. The finding also indicated that the co-curricular activities were not being conducted effectively, as the teachers lacked motivation and training to contribute.