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Quality Assurance of Teacher Education Programs: Teacher’s Perspective
Abstract
Higher Education Commission Pakistan is struggling hard for improving the quality of education and formation of QEC’s in all universities are one of the initiatives in this perspective. The current study explored the quality assurance practices in universities. For this purpose questionnaire, as a tool of research was developed. The tool was validated keeping in mind the opinion of five experts of Education department. For the measurement of reliability, Cronbach alpha reliability test was applied. The reliability of the tool was 0.944. Data was collected from 135 respondents from fifteen public sector universities of the Punjab offering teacher training programs. Convenient sampling techniques were applied. It was find out that display of mission and vision statement and promotion of faculty to next grade are mostly practiced quality assurance practices in universities offering teacher training programs. These practices are mostly followed in main campuses of the universities as compare to their sub campuses. It was suggested that emphasis should also be given to use quality assurance practice in sub campuses of the universities offering teacher training programs
Authors
Misbah Akhtar
Lecturer, Department of Education, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar Campus, Punjab, Pakistan
Muhammad Javed
Assistant Professor, Department of Education, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
Muhammad Latif Javed
Lecturer, Department of Education, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar Campus, Punjab, Pakistan
Keywords
Quality Assurance, Teacher Training Institutions, Teachers
