Abstract

• This study aims to investigate the challenges encountered by pre-service teachers during their practicum. It consists of (139) pre-service primary teacher training (6/19, PPTT) students from education colleges of Yangon Region. Descriptive survey design was adopted in this study. Challenges questionnaire with (35) items, reliability coefficient (.756), and interview were conducted to get thoroughly understanding the situation. The findings of the study revealed that the most challenging subjects for pre-service teachers are Co-curricular activities, English and Mathematics. The challenging experiences from Yangon and other regions are almost similar and no significant difference between them. Other challenges were concerned about learning abilities of students, teach diverse students, poorly equipped library and laboratory, control in classroom management, inadequate learning period of educational studies, and need supervision and feedbacks from mentors. The following recommendations are made: further studies should be focused on the perspectives of preservice teachers towards practicum, construction of pedagogical content knowledge and professional development during practicum.