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Factors affecting Teachers’ attitude towards the influence of welfare schemes on Quality improvement in Elementary Education in Andhra Pradesh

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Dr. D. Nagaraja Kumari, M. Tulasee Rani
» doi: 10.31838/ecb/2023.12.sa1.274

Abstract

Elementary education is the foundation stage of formal education where learners learn how to think rather than gaining information about new facts. The Central Government and the States/UTs have taken up several quality initiatives that focus on improving quality in elementary education. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, a flagship programme of the Government of India aims to ensure access, equity and quality to the children at the elementary stage. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 has provided strength and acceleration to quality elementary education for all children in the age group of 6 - 14 years in the country. Several welfare schemes are being implemented by the State and Central Governments to bring about quality improvement in Elementary Education. The present study is intended to examine the factors that affect the attitude of teachers towards the influence of welfare schemes on quality improvement in Elementary Education in Andhra Pradesh in relation to certain demographic variables, viz., gender, teaching experience, type of school management and the medium of instruction offered by the school. Descriptive Survey method has been adopted in this study. The sample consisting of 400 teachers (150 Male and 250 Female) from 80 Elementary schools in Srikakulam district has been selected using Stratified Random Sampling method. The data were collected using a questionnaire to find out the factors that affect the attitude of teachers towards the influence of welfare schemes on quality improvement in Elementary Education in Andhra Pradesh. The data were analyzed using different statistical techniques such as means, standard deviations, t-tests and one-way ANOVA. The findings of the study revealed that the variables - gender, teaching experience, type of school management and the medium of instruction offered by the school have no influence on the attitude of teachers towards the influence of welfare schemes on quality improvement in Elementary Education.

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