ATTITUDE OF PUPIL TEACHERS TOWARDS TEACHING PROFESSION

Teaching has been regarded as a dynamic activity that requires a positive attitude and competitive nature from the teachers. The Modern scenario of the teaching profession demands from its practitioners to be the facilitator of learning. To make the teaching-learning process successful or to increase its effectiveness, teachers must have a favorable attitude towards the teaching profession because the teacher is the most important person in the entire education process. The present study aims to investigate the attitude of pupil teachers toward the teaching profession. 124 pupil teachers in all the three campuses of H.N.B.G.U. (a central university) participated as the total sample in the study. A standardized tool by Dr. Umme Kulsum was used to measure the pupil-teacher's attitude toward the teaching profession. The tool consists of 55 statements related to academic, administrative, co-curricular, socio-psychological, and economic aspects of the teaching profession. The tool was circulated to collect the data. A survey method was adopted to collect the data. The data then were analyzed with Excel software. The result showed that the pupil teachers have a moderate level of attitude towards the teaching profession. Gender, locality, and stream wise there is no significant difference in the attitude of pupil teachers towards the teaching profession. The result of the study indicates that Self-finance pupil teachers have comparatively more favorable attitude than the Government pupil teachers towards teaching profession.