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The study investigates perception of the people about teachers, their social status and
people’s rating of the teaching as compared to other professions in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Descriptive research design was employed, (check list) & completion type of questionnaire was
used for collecting data. The questionnaire was distributed among teachers, students, parents
in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtoon khawa through random sampling, Pakistan. The researhers have
selected the teachers, students, parents, administrator of the local high schools and people
belonging to different professions as population. Ten public high schools were selected
randomly out of 40 in the district,100 parents, 40 teachers The data was collected, tabulated,
analyzed , interpreted and conclusion was drawn. As a result of the study it was concluded that
most of the people are not satisfied with the present social status and teaching profession of
the teachers. On the basis of the conclusion it was also said that teaching profession is not
enjoying the facilities as compared to other professions. The study is to investigate the social
status, social ranking of different profession, and job satisfaction of high school teachers and
comparison of teaching with other profession in Peshawar in Pakistan.
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