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qualities of an effective teacher that the tertiary-level students mentioned in the interview session. d) Qualities of an Effective Teacher Teachers have positive as well as negative qualities in the teaching and learning process. Teachers who have positive qualities can achieve respect and love from their students. One respondent in the interview session said that the most important quality that the teacher should have is pedagogical knowledge. They should be able to create a friendly environment inside the classroom and their content knowledge is important. It is okay if they do not have much digital literacy, but they should at least be able to check scripts online via Microsoft Word. The researcher agrees with this statement that teachers should have knowledge of classroom management and should know how to make the classroom environment convenient for the students. On the contrary, a female participant in the interview session mentioned that the essential qualities of an effective teacher are they should have great skill in communicating with their students. They should have listening and collaborative attributes as well. Teachers should have empathy and patience toward their students. Being organized, prepared, and positivity these qualities can significantly impact students. Apart from these qualities, some negative qualities of a teacher can be considered as barriers to students’ learning process. A male interviewee said that some teachers are strict and humiliate their students. They do not give positive feedback to their students. The researcher partially agrees with this statement that all teachers do not demean students. Teachers who have a good personalities and training always support their students. On the contrary, egoist teachers try to dominate their students. Another female respondent almost asserted the same negative qualities of a teacher. She said that: Some negative qualities of a teacher include not treating students equally inside the classroom, being disorganized, being less resourceful, discouraging students from asking questions, and being authoritarian in class. The researcher thinks that Bangladeshi school, college, or university teachers sometimes become biased toward meritorious students. This quality needs to be avoided by the teacher. Another female respondent mentioned that Bangladeshi teachers have too much commercial mindset (Coaching-oriented teaching) and lack of patience and anger these qualities of a teacher are harmful to their students. Teachers should try to implement real-life based tasks so that students can use that language in various situations. Moving on to the next section, the researcher will suggest some ways through which students can find efficient teachers. e) Recommendations It is not an easy task to become an effective teacher. In the interview session, one interviewee suggested that Bangladeshi Government should provide more teacher training (as it is inadequate), increase salary (as it is very low), and sometimes monitor teachers (to make sure teaching quality is high) for effective teaching. In Bangladeshi society, teachers do not get much respect from others. People differentiate public and private university teachers because there is a mindset that public university teachers are more highly qualified than private university teachers. Not only teachers but also private university students are marginalized by public university students. These are wrong ideas that people create in our society. All teachers and students need to be treated equally. Moreover, one male participant mentioned that Bangladeshi Government must improve teacher quality by providing training and equipping them with modern teaching aids, tools, and methodologies such as smart classrooms and digital course content. Taking proper and summative assessments will provide a better understanding of the child. Individual differences should be considered while preparing the evaluation tools for critical/higher-order thinking skills. The researcher thinks that the researcher should have the ability to support and understand their students’ weaknesses. According to those weaknesses, teachers should take the necessary steps. In the next section, the researcher will draw a conclusion. V. C onclusion In concluding remarks, it can be said that teachers are an integral part of our society. Without effective teachers, students cannot make progress in their academic fields. In Bangladesh, most of the teachers are not skilled enough to teach their students properly. To become good teachers, they must achieve some prominent qualities. In the interview session, Bangladeshi tertiary-level students mentioned some important points on the qualities they expect from their respected teachers. Teachers should have quality of class and time management, show love towards their students, create a friendly environment for the students, and finally teachers should guide their students in a proper way. On the contrary, participants mentioned some negative qualities of teachers, for instance, demotivating their students, negative feedback, and a coaching-oriented mindset. Of this commercial mindset, students do not get authentic study materials and lag behind in their learning process. Therefore, students also suggested some ways through which students can become efficient teachers. Teaching needs to be considered as a prestigious profession in our society like other professions. 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