Teaching competencies of secondary school teachers of Chandigarh

This study was carried out with the objective of identifying the teaching competencies of secondary school teachers of Chandigarh. Research design adopted for this study was the survey design. A sample of one hundred (100) senior secondary school teachers from government and private schools of Chandigarh formed the study sample. The research instrument used for data collection was the “General Teacher Competency Scale” (GTCS). The data collected was analyzed using the percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test statistics. It was revealed from the study that most of the teachers of secondary schools in Chandigarh are highly competent. Further the results of the study shows that private & government secondary school teachers are equally competent in planning, evaluation & managerial aspect of teaching competencies. Also the private secondary school teachers are found to be more competent in presenting & closing their lessons in the classes than their government counterparts.