European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

Abstract

In the present research paper, an attempt has been made to explore the perception of pupil teachers, who studied in education colleges of Himachal, Haryana and Punjab, towards context of two-year B. Ed. programme. Descriptive survey method was used to conduct the study. A sample of 1436 pupil teachers was drawn from government, grant-in-aid and self-financed colleges of education from Himachal, Haryana and Punjab State of India through convenience sampling technique. A self prepared scale measuring perception of pupil teachers towards context of two-year B. Ed. programme was used by the investigator to collect the responses of the selected sample. Percentage and one-way ANOVA were used for the analysis of collected data. Results of the study concluded that majority of pupil teachers perceived positively the context of two-year B. Ed. programme; and majority of pupil teachers of government, grant-in-aid and self-financed colleges of education as well as Himachal, Haryana and Punjab have positive perception towards context of two year B. Ed. programme; type of institution has a significant influence on the perception of pupil teachers whereas state did not play a significant role in making the perception of pupil teachers towards the context of two-year B. Ed. programme.