Open AccessA Comparative Study of Teachers' Academic & Professional Qualifications in Public and Private Secondary Schools in Malakand Division
Author(s) -
Miraj Ahmad,
Manzoor Hussain Shah,
Muhammad Ilyas Khan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
global educational studies review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2708-3608
pISSN - 2708-2113
DOI - 10.31703/gesr.2021(vi-i).18
Subject(s) - quality (philosophy) , sample (material) , descriptive statistics , private sector , higher education , medical education , data collection , mathematics education , psychology , political science , sociology , medicine , statistics , mathematics , social science , physics , law , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics
Quality education comprises of so many factors, such as teachers' professional and academic qualifications. This study deals with the quantitative part of a larger study that looks at factors that influence the quality of education in private schools as well as in public schools in the Malakand Division. The study's sample consisted of four hundred and eighty teachers from forty-eight randomly selected schools (fifty percent public and fifty percent private sector) in Malakand. A survey questionnaire technique was used for the collection of data, which was then analyzed using inferential statistics and descriptive statistics. Results indicate that teachers at public secondary schools had higher academic qualifications, more teaching experience and were on average older in comparison to private school teachers. In light of the recruitment guidelines of the National Education Policy (2017), the paper recommended that teachers in both public and private schools improve their professional qualifications as well as academic qualifications.