Volume : 2, Issue : 1, January - 2013

A Comparative Study of Self Efficacy Among Government And Private School Teachers

Dr. T. Pradeep Kumar

Abstract :

The present research aims for a comparative study of Self Efficacy among Government and Private school teachers. In the present study, a sample of 247 Government and private teachers belonging to Primary and secondary schools of Kanakapura of Ramanagara district, Karnataka during the academic year 2011–2012. Data regarding the Self Efficacy of teachers were collected through simple random sampling technique through survey method. The tool used for the present study was Teacher Self Efficacy scale developed by researcher. The reliability of the test was determined by test–Retest Method. The test–retest reliability was found to be 0.78. The separate variance model of t–test was used for testing the hypotheses for the significance of mean difference in the Self Efficacy scores of various groups of schools was compared. The findings revealed that there is no significant difference of self efficacy among Gender belonging to different type of institutions. There is no significant difference of self efficacy of Male and Female teachers belonging to government and private schools.