• Geetha M L

Teachers are considered as instrument of change in modern the society. A nation advances in proportion to education attained by people. Development of a country depends 20% on natural resources, 16% on infrastructure, and 64% on human resource and social factors. If we consider the demographic structure if India, it has majority of population with below age of 25 years, the role of higher education is attained vital importance from the point of view of development of our country. As per UGC report Higher education institutions in India has increased from 30 universities and 695 colleges in 1950-51 to nearly 740 universities and 37204 colleges as of 2014-15. In the academic year 2014-15, the total number of teachers in universities and Colleges was 12.61 lakhs as compared to 10.49 lakh teachers in 2013-14. Out of 12.61 teachers 84.66% teachers were working in colleges and 15.34% in universities. When we compare student- teacher ratio, it has declined about 2.5 times over this period. This calls for the need for highly qualified, efficient and forward-looking teachers in higher education field. Providing good quality of work life to teachers helps in attracting best of minds to education field which is need of the hour. In this context a study of quality of work life among teaching professionals in higher education gains importance. Quality of work life is a qualitative term. It represents concern for human dimensions of work. Therefore, there is a need to study quality of work life provided to teaching professionals in higher education. Present study is descriptive in nature. It tries to analyse the existing employee benefit schemes in the form of quality of work life provided teaching professionals in higher education field in India and to assess factors influencing quality of work life.

Key words: Quality of work life, Higher education, University Grants Commission.

"FACTORS INFLUENCING QUALITY OF WORK LIFE ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.2, Issue 2, page no.746-752, February-2015, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701C19.pdf

"FACTORS INFLUENCING QUALITY OF WORK LIFE ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.2, Issue 2, page no. pp746-752, February-2015, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701C19.pdf