Need Assessment for Professional Development of Colleges Teachers

The quality of education is the result of the quality of teacher, and the quality of teachers mainly depends upon the professional development. All levels were significant but in the context of this study higher level of education particularly degree colleges were considered as terminal point of those students who were studying in those colleges. Many modern educational reforms require teachers at higher level to change their role and accept new responsibilities. For this purpose professional development was necessary for college teachersto enable them to perform successfully. Keeping in view the significance of professional development these objectives were focused: (a) to examine the teaching quality and need for professional development of college teachers through the opinions of students and teachers. (b) to analyse the efforts of different institutions for providing the professional development of college teachers. This descriptive study comprised of 80 teachers and 200 students from eight model degree colleges (4 male and 4 female) of Islamabad. After analysis it emerged that professional development was the dire need of college teachers.