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In Sindh, there is a different criterion for appointing teachers at public sector higher secondary
schools and colleges (grade 11 & 12) regarding the professional prerequisites. Normally, the
higher secondary school teachers known as ‘subject specialists’ require masters in both
relevant subject and professional degree i.e. M. Ed. for appointment; whereas, the college
lecturers require only masters in relevant subject for appointment. The present
phenomenological study aimed to find out similarities and differences between professional
teaching skills and teachers’ overall attitudes at both levels from learners’ perspective in District
Hyderabad (Sindh). It involved purposive sampling of 30 students (15 for each category) with
almost equal number of boys and girls. The data were collected through in-depth interviews
and focus group discussions to understand the phenomenon as perceived by the respondents.
They were analyzed descriptively using appropriate themes. The findings from the respondents
revealed that both the subject specialists with masters in professional degrees and college
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and content knowledge at the two levels; they were found less competitive even with
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