INFLUENCE OF RIGHT TO EDUCATION ON PERFORMANCE OF TEACHERS IN SELECT SCHOOLS IN BANGALORE CITY

Abstract

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act or Right to Education Act (RTE), enacted by the Parliament of India on 4 August 2009, paves way for compulsory basic education to children across India. This act helps to uplift the society by assigning more academic responsibilities to schools and teachers. Therefore, right to education will increase the workload and have strong effect on performance of teachers in schools. This study focuses on the impact in performance of teachers and measures to overcome the same. Descriptive research method was adopted utilizing both primary and secondary data. This way, the present study is conducted with a sample of 100 teachers working in select schools in Bangalore City, India. Personal interaction and useful questionnaires answered by teachers provided the data for analysis. The questionnaire comprised four parts, such as demographic profile, impact of RTE in classroom teaching, role of training and development in performance of teachers, and expectations of teachers in workplace. The study used simple percentage analysis, factor analysis, multiple regressions analysis, Friedmans chi-square test and Garret ranking analysis, to collate and analyze the data. This study results reveal that RTE admissions create classroom management challenges and impact performances of teachers. The study results further reveal that in order to overcome the challenge and enhance the performance of teachers and increase academic outcomes, performance management, training and development programs and meeting the at par remuneration, at par workload and resource accessibility expectations of teachers are all equally significantly important.