Teacher professionalism: Benchmark and Challenges in the University of Balochistan

Abstract

University of Balochistan was instituted in the early years of 1970s with the total cost of five and half lac rupees. A finite faculty was appointed to exert cognitive services to usher the gift of higher education to the people of newly fashioned province. Right after commencement, it had only five departments in all. But within a short span of time, the University emerged as the principle source for the production of trained brains for the development of the country in general, and for Balochistan in particular. Similarly, it produced behemoth chunk of professional teachers who have been serving the varsity since then. However, the edifice of professionalism of an individual erects upon the academic background, areas of experiences, training, exposure, and personal toil. A teacher conversant with necessary methods of imparting education and integrated with the cause of learning can be regarded as professional. The paper aims to measure the teacher professionalism, pin point the barricades confronted to it in University of Balochistan, and also suggest some workable strategies to invalidate those challenges.