CHALLENGES FACED BY WOMEN PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS OF MUMBAI TO ACHIEVE PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES

As we all know that education is crucial in the development of any country. The main focus of this research is to identify the challenges faced by women pre-service teachers to achieve professional competencies. . All our respondents strongly believed that the married women pre-service teachers face greater challenges than unmarried women pre-service teachers. Despite the supportive attitude of their parents and husbands, unmarried women still face challenges like managing time between personal, social and educational life. Although their husbands are supportive, their children are neglected and they still have to manage home front, which affects their physical and mental well-being.