A Study on the Mental Health and Self Confidence of B.Ed Students in Coimbatore District

India is a very fast developing country of the world. After independence, it has recorded a remarkable progress in every field of life. In this train of progress, the role of education cannot be avoided. Since impendence, many educational colleges and institutions have been established. But these colleges and institutions are not significant on the part of the teachers. The teachers trainees of present day are not knowing their role .In general, Teacher trainees are lack of mental health and self confidence and poor attitude towards teaching profession. So the investigator try to attempt in this present research study to inculcate mental health and self confidence for developing teaching competence among teacher trainees. Casual observations by the investigator of this paper as a teaching practice supervisors shows that many student teachers lack necessary ability to link theories learnt in class to classroom practice. This study will help teachers to understand how mental health and self confidence influences the processes of teaching and learning. This information is lacking in the literature and it is therefore not readily available to help inform educational improvement efforts that support better teaching practices and student performance.The significance of this study lies in its practical application to the Diploma in teacher education programme. This study, using an experimental research model, provides a platform from which an exploration of these areas might begin. This study will help teachers to understand how mental health and self confidence influences the processes of teaching and learning. This information is lacking in the literature and it is therefore not readily available to help inform educational improvement efforts that support better teaching practices and student performance. This information will then be used to identify areas of relative strength and weakness in the pedagogy component of Professional Development and Experience subjects with a view to improving this component of the Course. S. Sindhuja | Mrs J. Vanitha "A Study on the Mental Health and Self Confidence of B.Ed Students in Coimbatore District" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-4 , June 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd25131.pdf