Amarjit Singh and Rajesh K. Singh
The recent advancement in the field of pharmacy seems so fast that quality of pharmaceutical education can only be ensured by teachers who are efficient, up to-date and ready to put in their best in their job of teaching. With the possession of some distinguished qualities, some teachers becomes the role models for the students but it is more difficult to quantify the qualities of a good faculty and the most difficult task is to define the qualities of the ideal teacher that contribute most of the student’s satisfaction.
The objective of the present study is to identify the qualities of teacher that contributes most of student’s satisfaction. The study was carried out in four pharmacy colleges of different districts of Punjab state. A random selection technique was used to select 400 students of B. Pharmacy degree level. A survey was conducted with the help of semi structured questionnaire. It is concluded that majority of the students feel that teacher should be lenient while teaching (say 85% students) and interestingly, possession of doctorate degree is not essential (says 73%) but wide experience of teaching (say 76% students) and mastery of subject knowledge of teachers (say 85% students) are required, as student reasoned that basic knowledge of teachers in their subject and wide experience of teaching is essential as compared to possession of higher degree (PhD). It is noticed that only 45% students feel that teachers should use English language during lectures although 55% says that both languages (English and Hindi) should be used by teachers. Further it is concluded that the students appreciate teachers who frequently ask questions during lectures (say 75% students) and use variety of teaching aids/models (say 81% students) but teachers who teach with the help of LCD/Projector (say 53% students) were not much appreciated by the degree level students.
