Role Performance of Teachers as Professional Mentors: A Study Conducted in A Select Secondary School In Kerala

National Policy of Education (1986) emphasizes the teacher and his important role in bringing about desirable changes in education. It says The government and community should endeavor to create condition which will help, motivate and inspire teacher on constructive and creative lines. Teacher should have the freedom to innovate, to devise appropriate methods of communication and activities relevant to the needs and capabilities of and the concerns of the community. As a teacher is next to the parents of the students, his words and considered to the final verdict by the student. Teaching is a noble and pious profession where teacher deals with students whose minds are like clean slates and he can mould the personality of a student as per his requirement and as per the latest needs of the society. The present study is conducted to assess the role performance of teachers as professional mentors.