Study Of Teaching Competency Among Prospective Teachers In Relation To Their Life Skills

The purpose of education is the all-round development of the children particularly in creating the skill based and knowledgeable human beings resources Life skills are "Living skills" or abilities for adaptive and positive behaviour that enable individual to deal effectively with demands and challenges of everyday Life. In this dynamic change of world, its need of time to recognize and accept the knowledge and skills by children which will play a crucial role in their life. The purpose of the study is to investigate the relationship between teaching competency and life skills of prospective teachers with respect to gender and working status of mother. To conduct the study ,200 Prospective Teachers from Pathankot district were selected. Two tools were adopted to measure teaching competency and life Skills of prospective teachers. Tools ,Life Skills Assessment Scale by A. Radhakrishnan Nair and R. Subhasree, Sunitha Ranjan(2014) and General Teaching Competency Scale by B.K Passi and Lalitha(2011) were used. Mean, Standard Deviation, t-test and Annova used to analyze the data. The study revealed that there is no significant difference in teaching competency and life Skills of prospective teachers.