Study of various dimensions of Professional Commitment among secondary school teachers in relation to their gender and Institutional Effectiveness

Abstract

The current study was attempted to bring in limelight the differences in professional commitment of teachers in high effective institutions and low effective institutions in case of its five dimensions i.e. “Learner”, “Society”, “Own profession”, “Academic Excellence” and Basic Human Values.” 174 CBSE Schools of Punjab State were taken as a sample. 10 teachers teaching secondary classes from each institution were selected randomly. Institutional Effectiveness Scale is administered to every institution. After that by applying Kelley’s 27% criterion, no. of high and low effective schools was 47 respectively. The study found that in high effective institutions, teachers are highly committed towards learner, society, own profession, academic excellence and basic human values than their counterparts in low effective institutions. Moreover, it was found that female teachers are highly committed towards learner, society, own profession, academic excellence and basic human values than male teachers. Further, results revealed that male teachers are less committed than female teachers in both high effective and low effective institutions