Attitude of Secondary School Teachers towards Inclusive education in relation to their Management and Marital status

Dr. K. Laxmi Prasad

Volume : VIII, Issue : II, February - 2018

Attitude of Secondary School Teachers towards Inclusive education in relation to their Management and Marital status

Dr. K. Laxmi Prasad

Abstract :

Education is a critical input for developing the manpower and a very significant factor for achieving rapid economic and technological progress. The Right to Education Act implies that every child has a right to get education in order to achieve fundamentals of survival, development, health and nutrition, access to information, to acquire knowledge and to improve the quality of his/her life. The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is the New initiative of the Govt of India for achieving the objective of "Education for all". As part of education for all mission the focus is also laid on the inclusive education.The objective of the present investigation is to study the influence of management and marital status on the attitude of secondary school teachers towards inclusive education. A five point Attitude scale developed by Raghava, R (2014) was used for the present study. A sample of 120 secondary school teachers representing all categories of secondary schools in Chittoor District were included in the study.The data was analysed using‘t’ test. The results revealed that Management and marital status have influenced the attitude of secondary school teachers towards inclusive education.