A STUDY OF ADJUSTMENT OF TEACHERS WORKING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN HARYANA IN RELATION TO SEX, PLACE OF WORKING, MARITAL STATUS AND ACADEMIC RESULTS

Teacher adjustment means how far a teacher is satisfied with his school building, school administration, and discipline and time table of school, methods of teaching students, other teachers and head of institution. For this purpose a sample of 800 teachers both male and female working in urban and rural schools of Haryana was taken. They were administered MTAI. The findings of the study indicates that there is a significant difference in result yielding teachers, male and female, working in rural and urban area, married and unmarried teachers. Teachers who are reasonably satisfied and adjusted are efficient and provide improvement in education. The level of adjustment of a teacher is directly linked with the efficiency in his work. The teacher besides intellectual activating, socially emerging and emotional integrating an individual, also takes the nation on the road of economic prosperity, social uplift, industrial advancement, vocational efficiency and cultural renaissance. Excellent teacher preparation and superior teaching have a continuous demand for the education infrastructure. Philosophers, psychologists and educationists have been debating on the qualities which contribute to teaching effectiveness. New innovations are done by the educationists who teach the children in an effective way, so as to cope with nation aspirations and need of the society. Keywords: Adjustment, Teachers, Secondary, Academic, Results, marital Status.