A study on newly recruited kendriya vidyalaya teachers ’perceptions about their induction programme experiences

The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions and to establish satisfaction level of newly recruited Kendriya Vidyalaya teachers about their induction programme. The findings of this study are discussed along with the objectives of the study i.e. to determine the perception of newly recruited Kendriya Vidyalaya teachers on the importance of induction, about the type of induction programme conducted for them, about the main activities carried though during the induction programme, about the role of mentors during induction and their satisfaction level in respect of induction programme. The present study adopted the descriptive survey design and the target population comprised all newly recruited teachers of Kendriya Vidyalayas. Samples were taken from 10 Kendriya Vidyalayas; five of which were running in two shifts i.e. morning and evening and the remaining were single shifted schools. The sample size comprised all the 100 newly recruited teachers from the sampled schools. The tools for data collection were the questionnaire and document analysis. The data analysis was done by first sorting out objective wise data and then feeding it into an SPSS. The analyzed data was discussed by the use of tables, graphs and charts. The study concludes with the discussion of the findings of collected data with some possible suggestions as an implication of the study.