Perception of Higher Education Level Students Towards Teaching Profession

Abstract

Teaching is a noble profession because it makes a huge impact on the development of society or a country. It is a profession that can make a stronger nation. This study aims to find out the perception of higher education level students towards the teaching profession. A descriptive type survey method of research and a qualitative approach was used. 270 postgraduate students as samples through a convenience sampling technique were taken and data were collected through a self-developed standardized questionnaire contained with close-ended questions. The qualitative analysis method was used for data analysis, and percentage calculation was done. It was found that most of the respondents have low levels (31%) and very low levels (22%) of perception toward the teaching profession and the rest of them have average/moderate perception levels (22%), very high perception levels (28%), 14 % have high perception levels toward the teaching profession. Researchers concluded that the perception of higher education level students towards the teaching profession displayed a lack of positive or favourable perception towards the teaching profession.