A SWOT UP ON THE ATTITUDE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS OF KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA TOWARDS AEP

The present study focuses on the attitude of secondary school teachers towards the Adolescence Education Programme in Kendriya Vidyalaya of Mumbai region. Adolescence Education Programme (AEP) implemented by MHRD in collaboration with NACO as a key intervention for empowering adolescents to deal with risky situations, preventing new HIV infections and reducing vulnerability to the infection. The sample for the study was 350 teachers randomly selected from 18 Kendriya Vidyalaya of Mumbai region. An attitude scale is used for collecting the data and statistically analysed the test of significance using critical ratio. The study revealed that teachers have a high positive attitude and significant difference between male and female, arts and science teachers towards AEP and its components.