In-Depth Analysis of Attitude Towards the Teaching Profession

Abstract

The study evaluated the attitude towards the teaching profession among secondary school teachers in the Imphal West district of Manipur. Further, the effects of demographic variables - gender, experience, subject stream, and qualification on the attitudes of teachers were investigated. A random sample of 256 teachers from the 59 secondary schools available in the district was used as the representative of the whole population of secondary school teachers. The tool for data collection has 55 items. Analysis done using descriptive and independent t-test statistics revealed that the attitude of secondary school teachers towards the teaching profession is neither high nor low but moderate. It was also found that demographic variables of gender, teaching experience, and subject stream have no significant impact on the teachers’ professional attitudes. However, Graduate teachers were found to have favourably higher levels of attitude towards the teaching profession compared to their postgraduate counterparts.