Study of Teacher Effectiveness Among Senior Secondary School Teachers

The study examined teacher effectiveness among senior secondary school teachers. The sample in the study was 98 Govt. senior secondary school teachers from schools of S.A.S. Nagar were selected randomly. Teacher Effectiveness scale prepared by Puri and Gakhar (2010) consisted of 68 items was used to find effectiveness among teachers. Descriptive statistics (mean, median, mode and t-test) were used to analyse the data. The results revealed that there is no significant mean difference in teacher effectiveness in relation to gender, different level of experience, humanities and science group but teacher effectiveness differs significantly when compared across humanities and commerce group; science and commerce group of study. On the basis of findings, it is suggested that there is a need to enhance subject knowledge and pedagogical skills for better efficiency in the teaching-learning process.