Impact of Non-academic Responsibilities of Teachers on Teaching Quality

Abstract

Abstract Teaching quality in an education system becomes the foundation and roadmap to the development of young people and country at large. If the quality of education declines the productivity of the country also declines. Whatever the type of education institutions running in the country must emphasize on improving the quality of education they are intended to provide. Nowadays it can be noticed that many education institutions are becoming commercial and mainly focusing on getting grades, certifications, rankings and recognitions. The purpose of presence study is to examine the impact of non-academic responsibilities on quality of teaching. For this purpose study adopted descriptive research design to analyse the collected data from the teachers teaching in higher education. This study observed that non-academic responsibilities are significantly influencing on teaching quality in India. Thus, the higher education institutions and regulators should work together to bring policies, strategies and methods to balance both academic and non-academic responsibilities without compromising with the teaching quality. If this will be the reality the competencies of the students for their survival will be enhanced and in turn the overall productivity of young people will also go up for the long run.