Factors Influencing The Teaching Faculties In Pursuing Higher Education

Josephine Geetha

Commerce (Ph.D)

Roll No.:1340101

Abstract: The purpose of the study is to investigate the factors influencing the teaching faculties in pursuing higher education. The main factors considered for the study is the personal interest, financial constraints and inconvenience of the teaching faculties. Percentage analysis is used to analyse the influence of the factors. The data from ten teaching faculties revealed that pursuing higher education is out of their own interest and majority of the teaching faculties had no financial constraints or inconvenience as such to pursue their higher education. Hence the study reveals that the factors have positive influence on the teaching faculties in pursuing their higher education.   

Introduction

Higher education is the education provided by universities, colleges and other institutions that award academic degrees. Higher education includes both the undergraduate and the graduate levels. Higher education improves an individual’s quality of life, better access to health care, greater economic stability and security, more prestigious employment and greater job satisfaction. Since higher education plays a major role in the life of any individuals especially teaching faculties a need was felt to study whether factors like self interest, financial constraints and inconvenience had any impact on the teaching faculties in pursuing higher education.

Methodology:

A primary data was collected with the help of a scheduled interview and a Questionnaire was administered.

Data was collected from a sample size of ten teaching faculties.

Percentage analysis was implemented to analyse the data.

Findings and Interpretations:

The following table and chart prepared from the data collected reveals that the teaching faculties were interested in pursuing the higher education out of their own interest and majority of the teaching faculties had no financial constraints or inconvenience as such to pursue their higher education.

Table indicating the factors influencing the teaching                       faculties in pursuing higher education
Sl.No	Particulars	Teaching Faculties ( %)
		Yes	No
1	Personal Interest	100	0
2	Financial constraints	10	90
3	Inconvenience	20	80

Results : The first row in the table indicates 100% that is the
	personal interest of the teaching faculties
	The second row in the table indicates that 90%
	of the teaching faculties have no financial constraint
	The third row in the table indicates that 80%
	of the teaching faculties have no inconvenience

Chart showing the factors influencing the teaching faculties

                         in pursuing higher education

Conclusion:

From the findings the following conclusion are drawn from the study that the factors like personal interest, financial constraints and inconvenience have a positive influence on the teaching faculties in pursuing their higher education.

Due to time constraint the data collected is from a limited sample size, hence the study conducted is not an exhaustive study and thereby the conclusions drawn may not be generalized one.