A Comparative Study of Male and Female Secondary School Teachers with Respect to Their Teaching Competence, Self Esteem, Sense of Homour and Classroom Climate

Abstract

The research was conducted to make the comparative study of male and female secondary school teachers with respect to their teaching competence, self esteem, sense of humour and classroom climate. Quantitative approach was used in the study. Survey method was used for data collection. 900 teachers from government as well as private senior secondary schools have been selected. Data were collected through questionnaire. The study reveals that with respect to teaching competence and sense of humour the female teachers performed more homogeneously as compared to their male counterpart. But the mean score of teaching competence of male and female secondary school teachers differ significantly where as the mean score of sense of humour of male and female secondary school teachers do not differ significantly (at 0.01 level of confidence).