A Study on Awareness of Components of Orientation Programme; An Effect of Personal Characteristics of Teachers

Sixty seven College teachers attending Orientation programme at UGC-Academic Staff College, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University were assessed for impact of Orientation programme and effect of personal characteristics on awareness of its components. The teachers were asked to rate the extent of awareness of components of orientation programme on a pretested structured questionnaire on four point scale, before (pre test) and after (post test) the programme. The four components are- Component Aawareness of linkages between society, environment, development and education; Component B- Philosophy of education, Indian education System and pedagogy; Component C- Resource awareness and Knowledge generation and; Component D- Personality development and Management. The results revealed that there was a significant (p<0.01) increase in the awareness of components of the Orientation Programmes after attending it. The gender, age, teaching experience, location of college and stream or faculty of the teachers showed insignificant difference (p>0.05) between the pre and post tests. It can be concluded from the study that the Orientation programmes organized by UGC- Academic Staff College may go a long way in strengthening the professionalism and achieving the academic excellence among the teachers.