TRAINEE TEACHERSPERCEPTIONS TOWARDS THE SCHOOL INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME

In this present study, trainee teachers’ perceptions towards the School Internship Programme were a unique study of the modern education system. The school internship programme is the most important part of future teachers’ training period. This research paper mainly focuses on perceptions of trainee teachers about the school internship programme. The methodology of this paper was based on descriptive survey design. The sample size of this paper is 67 B. Ed. Final-year trainee teachers were randomly selected who have already done their school internship programme. The finding of this paper was that 20.00% of respondents have very high perceptions about the school internship programmer, 21.54% have high perceptions, 16.92% have moderate perceptions about the school internship programme, and 41.54% of respondents have perceptions that are low about the school internship programme. There is a significant difference in the mean score between rural and urban trainee teachers’ perceptions about the School Internship Programme.