URBAN AND RURAL TEACHERS ATTITUDE ON THEIR TEACHING PROFESSION

Education gives us comfortable and dignified life. It is responsible for the holistic development of individual and society. Quality of a nation depends upon quality of its people and economic growth but both depend upon quality of education. The quality of Education which a country is providing is responsible for the quality of the people and economic growth of that country. A teacher helps a child in bringing out his hidden capacities through proper education. Various studies had revealed that educational attainment of students depends upon the attitude of teachers towards their profession. Teachers should provide students various learning opportunities so that they can meet curriculum outcomes, they can achieve values, their personality can be improved and also they can be able to develop positive self-concept. Therefore it is necessary to study the attitude of the teachers who serves this noble profession. Positive attitude promotes learning and also creates a climate which stimulates effective learning to the students. Therefore teachers should develop positive attitude towards teaching profession so that they can bring about positive change in students. Urban schools are always in need of talented, passionate teachers who want to make a difference in the lives of their students while rural schools are often smaller schools located in small towns and villages far away from major cities. Teacher is an active agent of social change. Teaching is very noble and pious profession. It directly connected with the future of the students and today’s students are the responsible citizen of tomorrow. So they must good education in schools and colleges. Therefore, the present study was a simple attempt in this direction urban and rural teacher’s attitude on their teaching profession.