The Study of Professional Competencies of Faculties in RUB Colleges: Students’ Perspective

Aims: This study attempted to assess the levels of professional competencies of faculties in Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) colleges; secondly, the professional competencies that are rated high by students in different colleges were studied, and thirdly which area of professional competencies requires attention was assessed. Ten teaching professional competency factors were examined by the researchers.

Study Design: A descriptive research design with a quantitative approach was used in this study.

Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in Bhutan for a period of one year.

Methodology: A total of 384 students from the colleges of the Royal University of Bhutan participated in the study using an online structured questionnaire through Google Forms. The results were analyzed and presented using descriptive statistics and mean analysis.

Results: According to the findings, faculty members at the various Royal University of Bhutan institutions are viewed as having a high level of competence across all ten competency parameters. The results also indicated that there were variations in answers among the students in terms of the competency that was strongly possessed by the faculties of the separate colleges Thirdly, it was determined that the acclaimed author's competency was a skill that faculties at various colleges of the Royal University of Bhutan needed to improve.

Conclusion: The key recommendations of the study are the capacity building of the faculties in the area of acclaimed author competency which students feel the faculties are lacking.