Abstract
The present study explored teachers’ deviant behavior and its impact on students’
academic performance of Peshawar University at BS level. The study was quantitative
in nature. The population included all the departments of University of Peshawar. The
sample constituted 08 departments which were randomly selected. The data was
collected from (40) students through close-ended questionnaire based on five-point
Likert’s scale. The collected data was tabulated and analyzed by using Chi-square, MS
Word and SPSS software. The major conclusions were that teachers’ deviant behavior
highly affected students’ academic performance in different ways such as favoritism,
wasting time during teaching, by taking longer breaks, through verbal abusing, by not
following the course content last, but not the least, provoking students’ against other
teachers. The study has made some suggestions which included that head of
institution may take initiatives or steps in order to deal with such type of teachers’
behaviors. Effective monitoring and proper check and balance mechanism should be
implemented. They may use positive techniques such as rewards, appreciations,
shields, cash prizes etc for controlling such behavior of teachers. If the situation is out
of control then the head may apply negative techniques like explanation, transfer,
show cause notice, by stopping the promotion etc. There may be complete ban on
political intervention during the recruitment of teachers.
