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The present study was undertaken to understand the association management of educational institutes and the design of the instructor workstation in the classroom in higher education institutions in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. Thirty higher educational institutes were selected for the study. Four recommendations that guide the design of the instructor’s workstation in class a room proposed by various higher educational institutes and official bodies. They served as a base for identifying the features to evaluate the existing instructor's workstation in a class room. The design of the instructor’s workstation mainly focused on the distance between the instructor’s workstation and the teaching wall, the minimum clear distance between the chalkboard and the front edge of the first row of the desk when the chalkboard is in use, the height of the instructor’s seat and the instructor's console. Chi Square analysis revealed no significant association between the type of management and the instructor’s workstation. The results showed that educational institutes with a relatively more number of students paid attention to the design of the instructor workstation as per standard design guide lines.
Keywords: Educational institutes, Instructor workstation, Type of management, Classroom.