Self-efficacy of senior secondary school teachers with respect to their demographic variables

Abstract

The present paper focused on comparing the self-efficacy of senior secondary school teachers with respect to their different demographic variables. The self-efficacy scale for school teachers designed by Dr. Sushma Talesara and Farzana Irfan was used to test self-efficacy of school teachers. For this purpose, 480 respondents were selected randomly from senior secondary schools of Haryana. The collected data is measured on the basis of mean, standard deviation and t-test. There is a statistically significant difference found in the mean self-efficacy scores between males and females. The mean self-efficacy score is found significantly higher in married teachers as comparing to unmarried teachers, highlighting a prominent disparity based on marital status. Teachers in private schools exhibit a higher degree of self-efficacy than those in government schools and based on geographical location urban individuals displaying higher levels of self-efficacy as compared to their rural counterparts. This paper suggests that administration facilitate teachers to boost their self-efficacy that helps to create a positive teaching learning environment in the secondary schools.