Competencies of early childhood educators according to their personal variables and type of school

Abstract

The teacher in Early Childhood Educational Centre plays a significant role in planning and proper implementation of early childhood education programme. The teacher’s personal qualities and her enthusiasm and passion for children are more important for quality programmes. The flexibility and facilities provided by school management are also important for the teacher to provide quality education to children. The present study was conducted to assess the competencies of early childhood educators according to their personal variables and type of school they are working. The study sample were 120 pre-school teachers (60 Government and 60 Private teachers), selected from six ICDS project areas of Bangalore, Karnataka state using stratified random sampling technique. Self-Evaluation Checklist developed specially for ECE educators was used. Results revealed that the pre-school teachers differed significantly in their competencies according to their age, marital status and type of family. The sample teachers also differed significantly in their competency scores according to type of school they are working.