A Critical Analysis of Teachers’ Autonomy in Public Sector Universities of Balochistan

Abstract

This study was conducted to evaluate the autonomy level of teachers, serving on various levels in public sectors universities of Balochistan. Quantitative research method was used to investigate the research problem. Population of the study include all lecturers, assistant professors, associate professors, and professors of 09 public sector universities of Balochistan. From these universities, 04 were selected through simple random sampling procedure as a sample for the study. In the next stage, 116 male and female lecturers, assistant professors, associate professors, and professors opinions were sought out through google survey. For data collection purpose, a standardized questionnaire was used and modified according to the local context. As data was not normally distributed thus nonparametric statistics i.e. Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal Wallis tests were applied to analyze the data. Results showed that teachers’ autonomy level is poor regarding various aspects of their teaching such as assessment, communication with higher authorities as well students’ parents and classroom management. Necessary recommendations were made to concerned authorities.