TEACHING COMPETENCY OF SECONDARY GRADE TEACHERS BASED ON CERTAIN SELECTED VARIABLES

In this study, an attempt has been made to study the Teaching competency of secondary grade teachers and its different components, in Trivandrum District of Kerala, India. Also it is intended to study to find out the teaching competency based on the selected subsamples of the study. The Teaching Competency Scale for English Language Teacher (TCSELT) constructed and standardized by Mahalakshmi N (2014) was used collect the data from the sample of 500 secondary grade teachers, working in Trivandrum District of Kerala, India. The survey method has been followed and the Cluster sampling technique was used in administration of the research. The result of the analysis reveals that the secondary grade teachers are having average level of teaching competency. Also it was found that Male secondary grade teachers are having high level of teaching competency than their counterparts. Secondary grade teachers working in government schools are having relatively high level of teaching competency than those working in private schools and Secondary grade teachers having above 10 years of experience are having relatively high level of teaching competency than other groups