Professional Commitment Among Secondary School Teachers in Relation to Values

Abstract

This research paper investigates the professional commitment and values among government and private secondary school teachers. The study aims to explore whether there is a significant difference between the professional commitment and values of teachers based on the type of school they work in and to determine the relationship between these two variables. A descriptive survey method was employed, with a sample size of 200 secondary school teachers (100 government and 100 private) from Ludhiana district only. The Professional Commitment Scale for Teachers by Kaur et al. (2011) and the Teacher Values Inventory by Karim (2006) were utilized for data collection. Statistical techniques like Mean, Standard Deviation, t-test, and Pearson correlation coefficient were used to analyse the data. No significant difference was found between the professional commitment of government and private secondary school teachers, indicating that the type of institution does not influence professional commitment. A significant difference was observed in the values between government and private secondary school teachers, with government teachers showing higher values. This suggests that the type of school influences the values held by teachers. The study found a significantly positive correlation between professional commitment and values among secondary school teachers, indicating that these factors influence each other.