Self-perceived efficacy of teachers-A comparative study of India and Bhutan

The study investigated and compared the self-perceived efficacy among Indian and Bhutanese teachers by surveying 1024 teachers (445 from India and 579 from Bhutan). In order to appreciate the overall level of self perceived efficacy of teachers the average score of all the 69 items of the inventory by Kumar and Mutha has been considered. The Bhutanese teachers perceived themselves to be much higher as compared to the Indian teachers in terms of self perceived efficacy. It is evident from the results that in case of India the mean score is high, for colleges than schools. The position of Bhutan is some what different. The mean score of self perceived efficacy is high for schools teachers as compared to college teachers. The position for both the countries reveals that the mean score is high for schools teachers as compared to college teachers. The results were significant at 5 per cent except for India. However, In case of India the mean score of males in lower than females. In case of Bhutan it is somewhat similar and the same is also true for both the countries considered together. In addition, one way ANOVA results revealed no significant differences regarding efficacy beliefs on both dimensions for number of years of teaching experience even when compared as a function of country.