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Abstract

Teachers' professional skills significantly contribute to the quality of education being provided. In this regard professional development of teachers at the early career level defines the path and power of teaching.This research paper examines how induction training affects the teaching abilities of primary school teachers in District Tharparkar, Pakistan with special reference of lesson planning, classroom management and child psychology. By adopting the quantitative research design, 302 teachers were surveyed using structured instruments and simple linear regression was used to establish the role played by each training component in teaching skills. The results showed that the positive induction training effect was statistically significant in all areas. Classroom management training showed the most significant effect (R 2 = 0.209, p <.001), then child psychology training (R 2 = 0.144, p <.001) and lesson planning training (R 2 = 0.114, p <.001). These findings indicate that induction training offers the necessary skills to teachers in planning lessons, classroom management and the psychological needs of students. The research paper puts emphasis on the importance of well-organized induction programs when it comes to teacher effectiveness and better learning conditions. It also has implications on policies that can be enacted to improve teacher preparation especially in rural and resource starved contexts.