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Motivation is a critical variable in educational institutions as it upgrades staff performance and efficiency. The current study aimed to explore the impact of motivation on teachers’ job performance. In order to investigate the impact of motivation on job performance of university teachers, a descriptive survey design was employed through close-ended questions. The target population of the present study was all the male and female teachers from Ghazi University D. G. Khan, Pakistan. The study sample size was 100 teachers making 60% of the population which was randomly selected from each department of the university. The researchers used the questionnaire as data collection instrument on 5-point Likert scale. The results validated the research questions and proved statistically significant impact of teachers’ motivation on job performance.

Keywords: Intrinsic Motivation, Extrinsic Motivation, Teachers’ Job Performance, University Teachers.

Private tuition is now a well established fact among different educational streams throughout the world with different magnitude. The countless students around the globe have to go through private tutoring even after the long day regular schooling. Over the last few decades, private tutoring is becoming a well established business oriented activity. It is also referred as “shadow educational system” (Bray, 2007). The private tutoring is complex, sometimes hidden and difficult to monitor, so there has been very less focus of researchers on it. The academies, institutions, tuition centers, home tuitions etc. are different forms of tuition. Private tuition is more common in urban than in rural areas; varies in time duration and different subjects, higher socio-economic status pay more tuition as compared to families with poor families. This study focused on the association between students’ tuition and their demographic variables in Pakistan. The sample was drawn from 37 schools of three districts consisting of 1337 students. The results show that there is a significant difference in association with tuition between gender, grade, school type and districts. Parental education and profession seems to have no association with tuition. 

Key words: Tuition, academies, paternal education and profession, school type

The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of emotional intelligence training on the teacher performance with the hypothesis based on the literature of emotional intelligence that it promotes academic performance. Quantitative method based on questionnaire was used to measure the impact of emotional intelligence training the academic performance and enhancement of the workers. Collected data was analyzed using SPSS and results show strong correlation and relationship between the emotional intelligence and teacher academic performance and it improves teacher’s effectiveness and performance in raising a socially and emotionally intelligent child. Therefore, it is highly recommended for the educational managers and trainers to design courses and training sessions on emotional intelligence for the educational programs and projects effectiveness.

Keywords: Performance and Productivity, Teachers performance, Socio-emotional Intelligence, Training and development

This research project was planned to investigate the link between different facets of workplace empowerment of university teachers and their job satisfaction, together with the moderating effect of organizational commitment. The size of the sample for the current study was 386 female university teachers. Workplace empowerment scale, organizational commitment questionnaire and teachers’ job satisfaction questionnaire were used for data collection. Findings revealed that workplace empowerment was a good predictor of job satisfaction and it also confirmed the moderator role of organizational commitment between the relationship of job satisfaction and workplace empowerment.

Key words: Workplace Empowerment, Organizational Commitment, Job Satisfaction,

Purpose of the study was to analyze the impact of adopting curriculum instruction to achieve national objectives through teaching learning process in secondary schools. Population of the study comprised of all the secondary school science teachers and secondary school science students of government sector. Sample of the study consisted on one hundred and eighty (180) secondary school science teachers and one thousand seven hundred and forty (1740) secondary school science students. The study was delimited to only science teachers and students of science classes of government secondary schools. The questionnaires one, each for science teachers and science students were used as research tools. After pilot testing the researcher personally visited the selected secondary schools and collected data from the respondents in six (06) districts. The collected data was analyzed through using frequency, percentage, simple mean and other relevant statistical formulas. In the light of research findings it was concluded that conventional method was commonly adopted to teach science classes in most of the government secondary schools. The study recommended that new scheme of studies, innovative teaching methods for science subjects, availability of resource materials and digital technology should be reconsidered on top priority.

Keywords: Executing curriculum scheme, national objectives, teaching learning environment, teaching methods.