STUDY OF TEACHER EFFICACY OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN RELATION TO THEIR TEACHING COMPETENCY

Present study focuses on teacher efficacy of secondary school teachers and its relation with teaching competency. This study was carried out in rural and urban secondary school teachers. Data was collected mainly through questionnaire. Teacher Efficacy Scale (TES) by Kumar and General Teaching Competency Scale (GTCS) by Passi and Lalitha were used respectively. Sample of 200 urban and rural secondary school teachers were randomly selected for collecting data. This study demonstrated that there is a relationship between teacher efficacy and teaching competency. This study also revealed that there is significant difference between rural and urban secondary school teachers.