Effect of Privatisation and College Autonomy on Quality in Higher Education: Parents' Perception relating to their Satisfaction

The objectives of the study were to investigate i) the independent effect of privatisation on quality in highereducation in terms of parents’ perception; ii) the independent effect of college autonomy on quality in higher education interms of parents’ perception, and iii) the interaction effect of privatisation and college autonomy on quality in higher educationin terms of parents’ perception relating to their satisfaction with infrastructural facilities, quality of teachers, curriculum,quality of teaching, co-curricular activities, educational climate, extension services activities, examination and students supportservices. A sample of 120 parents mainly fathers (mothers in case fathers not alive) 30 each whose sons or daughters werestudying in government autonomous colleges, private autonomous colleges, government non-autonomous colleges and privatenon-autonomous colleges were selected randomly using multi stage sampling technique. The Satisfaction Scale for Parentsdeveloped by the investigator was used to collect data. The “f” test used to analyze data revealed that i) quality of highereducation in government colleges was better than the quality of higher education in private colleges as parents of studentsstudying in government colleges were highly satisfied with different quality dimensions of higher education compared to theparents of students studying in private colleges. ii) quality of higher education in autonomous was better than the quality ofhigher education in non-autonomous colleges as perceived by parents, and iii) there found interaction effect of privatizationand college autonomy on quality in higher education as perceived by parents of students relating to their satisfaction withinfrastructural facilities, quality of teachers, curriculum, quality of teaching, co-curricular activities, educational climate,extension services activities, examination and students support services.