A Study On Professional Competency Among Higher Secondary Teachers

Abstract

This study was conducted with the aim to assess the Professional Competency among Higher Secondary Teachers with respect to gender, locale and type of management. Survey method of research has been used in the present study. Professional Competency scale constructed and Standardized by Udayagiri Nageshwara Rao (2002) was used for data collection. The investigator randomly selected three hundred and fifteen higher secondary teachers in and around Chennai and Kanchipuram Districts of Tamilnadu. The data was analyzed using mean, standard deviation, ‘t’- test and F-test. The result of the study reveals that there is a significant difference between the male and female higher secondary teachers with respect to their Professional Competency. The finding reveals that there is no significant difference between the rural and urban higher secondary teachers with respect to their Professional Competency. The study reveals that there is a significant difference in Teaching Competency among higher secondary teachers with respect to type of management.