Lecturers and teachers are important constituents of any society or economy. The quality of the lecturer population of a society would to a large extent tell and define the quality of the university products and graduates. The graduates finish training and come out of school would form the bedrock of the economy’s work force. If they lack proper training due to unskilled or under motivated lecturers the economy would likely suffer. A lecturer’s work is clearly cut out, dedication and passionate desire for imparting knowledge on others is very important.

Due to the mentioned important role that lecturers occupy in the society and economy it is important that they are enumerated accordingly. Qualified lecturers are scarce in many countries especially in some specific tools. Lecturers should be paid as well as their colleagues in the corporate sector. If the corporate sector is much more alluring that the teaching profession then the best brains would continually be lured away from lecturing. The right wage package should contain an appropriate salary and other pay benefits such as housing, insurance and medical benefits for both the lecturer and the immediate family.

 In many developed lands lecturers are associated with mouth watering salaries. The salary of a lecturer would depend on a number of factors. Public colleges and universities in many lands are usually owned by the government and generally pay les than private universities and colleges. The type of school and the management would thus determine the salary package of the lecturer. The level of education and experience of the lecturer would also determine the pay. An education institution lecturer that has attained the level of a doctorate or professor would definitely earn more than his teaching colleagues.

The field or subject matter of a lecturer would also affect his pay packet.  A marketing lecturer might not necessary earn same as an IT lecturer. The number of jobs and vacancies in relation to the amount labor supply of lecturers in that field would also determine the likely salary that the lecturer would receive. Areas where lecturers are scarce would usually attract higher remuneration than areas and locations where their supply is more abundant. Part time lecturers would definitely find their responsibility less demanding than lecturers who teach and lecture as full time careers and would also receive less.

To be a qualified lecturer a student has to read and study hard. He has to study and gain knowledge of the related subject courses but he also has to learn how to be an educationalist.  For example would be IT lecturers, would have to be trained as an IT professional and then also learn appropriate teaching skills. He has to study and understand some aspects of psychology to be able to identify the different type of students and understand how to cope with them.  He has to understand how to prepare IT lecture notes, how to prepare for lectures, how to set questions and also how to administer discipline. It is thus clear that lecturers do undergo additional training and learning to be a qualified to bear the title of a lecturer of a college or university.

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