Relationship between Teachers’ Transformational Leadership Style and Students’ Academic Achievement at the University Level in Khyber Pakhtunkhawa

Abstract

Leadership style has a vital function and place in pedagogical activities and institutional efficiency, because it possesses a main role in the teaching-learning process. The current study reflected at the relationship between teachers’ transformational leadership style and student academic achievement at the university level. Head of the Departments of Social Sciences and Master’s level students made up the population of this study. Twenty-nine Heads of Departments (HODs) and two hundred and six students from five public sector universities in Khyber Pakhtukhawa were selected through simple random and stratified (proportionate) sampling techniques. Similarly, CGPA score of the third semester students was collected from the HODs of concerned department. Data was collected through a five likert scale questionnaire, the reliability co-efficient of which was 0.82 and 0.86 for HODs and students respectively. The data was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. A significant relationship was found between teachers’ transformational leadership style and students’ academic achievement.