GOVERNMENT VERSUS PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS: WHO ARE PROFESSIONALLY BETTER ADJUSTED TEACHERS

In the paper, the researcher attempted to assess Professional Adjustment status of teachers working in Government and Private institutions on a sample of 792 teachers. Teachers have been classified into two categories viz. government and private teachers. To evaluate the status of professional adjustment of teachers, a tool viz. "Manual on Teachers Professional Adjustment" was used which was prepared and standardized by the investigator. The reliability and validity of the tool were found 0.89 and 0.66 respectively. On the basis of percentile rank and professional adjustment scores, professional adjustment status of teachers have been classified into three levels viz. well-adjusted, average-adjusted low-adjusted. Analysis of data was done by t-test and ? 2 test through SPSS version 13.0 and Prism 3.0. This study reveals that there is a significant difference between professional adjustment of government and private teachers. Even, proportions of professional adjustment between two groups are statistically significant at three levels of adjustment. The serious concern is that only 12-19% teachers are well-adjusted, 13-13% teachers are low adjusted and around 64- 70% teachers are average-adjusted. The result clearly shows that the teachers who are working in government institutions are professionally better adjusted than the teachers working in private institutions.