COMPARISON OF THE PERSONAL ATTITUDE OF PROMOTED IN-SERVICE AND DIRECTLY SELECTED SUBJECT SPECIALISTS TOWARDS PROFESSION AT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL

Abstract

Prime object of the study was to compare personal attitude of promoted in-service and directly selected subject specialists of higher secondary schools towards profession. Both promoted and directly selected subject specialists are working in the higher secondary schools of the country. Directly appointed subject specialists working in higher secondary schools are referred as selected teachers, whereas promoted subject specialists are the school teachers who used to teach in the high/higher secondary schools against some junior positions i.e. Senior English Teacher BPS-16 and on account of acquiring masters degree in education they are promoted as subject specialists. A total of 16 higher secondary schools were selected from within the four districts namely Dera Ismail Khan, Lakki Marwat, Bannu and Peshawar. 32 subject specialist teachers formed the sample for the study comprising of two subject specialists, one out of each category of the same, taken from specified higher secondary school, applying random sampling technique. Principals of all the mentioned sixteen higher secondary schools were selected for the collection of data. Two colleagues of the sampled subject specialist working along with each promoted and selected subject specialists, for the last two years, in addition to four students of each sampled teacher were also selected through random sampling technique. The sampled population for the study consisted of 144, including 32 selected and promoted subject specialists, 32 colleagues of the sampled teachers, 64 students and 16 head teachers (Principles), all taken from the respective schools to measure the personal attitude of promoted and selected subject specialists towards profession. For the measurement of teaching effectiveness i.e. personal attitude towards profession, the performance criteria for different factors was developed and validated. Three, five point Likert rating scales were developed and validated for concerning students, colleagues and head teachers. Each of the rating scale comprised of eight items for the collection of data on the minimal indicators of personal attitude towards profession. Data were collected in person whereas “t” test and Co-efficient of variation were
applied for the data analysis. Significance level for the rejection or acceptance of the null hypothesis remained 0.05. It was observed that the performance of directly appointed i.e. selected subject specialists was comparatively better than the subject specialists promoted from junior ranks, with reference to personal attitude towards profession.