Binish Jamil2025-11-302025-11-302023https://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/14163The study looks into what students think about how teachers help and guide them in college or university settings. By understanding what students think, the study hopes to find out how much students feel teachers are involved in giving them guidance and support. It also wants to understand what students expect from their teachers and how these thoughts might affect their learning and personal growth. Understanding how students feel about teachers helping and guiding them is very important. What students think can affect how they act and make choices. When students have positive feelings about their teachers' involvement, it can lead to a good relationship where students trust their teachers and are more likely to ask for help. This can help students in their learning and personal growth. Knowing these feelings can help schools and universities improve and use their strengths. This understanding can help improve courses, teaching methods, support for students, and resources on campus, leading to a better learning environment. The study plans to include 600 students from both public and private universities. They were used a detailed survey with 33 questions, divided into five groups: General Thoughts, Availability of Help, How Effective the Guidance is, Training for Teachers, and How Happy Students Are Overall. The main goals of this study are to understand what students think about teachers' roles in guiding and supporting them, find out what factors influence these thoughts, and see if there are any differences based on things like age, gender, or academic level. The convenient sampling technique were used for data collection. Data analysis revealed that students generally perceived the role of teachers positively with MPI values indicating general perception at 3.6, availability and accessibility at 3.64, effectiveness of xvi guidance and counseling at 3.86, effectiveness of training and professional development at 3.81, and overall satisfaction at 3.52. The overall perceived level of students was recorded at an MPI of 3.72. Furthermore, the study identified a significant relationship between demographics such as gender, age, and academic level with factors like general perception, availability and accessibility, guidance and counseling effectiveness, training and professional development effectiveness, and overall satisfaction. This underscores the influence of demographic variables on the perceptions of students regarding the role of teachers in guidance and counseling. They were then do a thorough analysis, setting a very high standard to decide what findings are important. In summary, this research is trying to deeply understand how students feel about how much teachers are involved in helping and guiding them during their higher education. By closely looking at these feelings, the study hopes to find ways to improve the educational experience, making it better for students' academic and personal growth.enThesis