ROLE OF HEADS OF TEACHING DEPARTMENTS IN THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNICATION AT POSTGRADUATE LEVEL AS PERCEIVED BY TEACHERS

Abstract

The paper investigates the Role of Heads of Teaching Departments in the Promotion of Communication at postgraduate level as perceived by teachers. Promotion of communication means to what extent the heads communicate with subordinates, superordinates and counterparts. The population of the study constituted all those teachers teaching in universities and postgraduate colleges. Two teachers were randomly selected from every teaching department. Seventy two (75%) universities teachers and 24 (25%) postgraduate colleges’ teachers were the respondents of the study. The researcher developed a questionnaire consisting 27 items for data collection. Questionnaire was personally administered by the researcher at local level and mailed to outstation respondents. t-test was used for data analysis. The major findings of the study included: No significant difference was found between the opinions of teachers of postgraduate colleges and universities regarding the role of heads in the promotion of communication at postgraduate level. No significant difference was found between the views of male and female, Ph.D and non Ph.D teachers on the role of heads of teaching departments in the promotion of communication. It is concluded that the heads of teaching departments promotes communication to maximum extent.