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A Study on Problems Faced by the Teachers in

Secondary Level Under Ganeshguri Municipality of
Kamrup District
Anindita Barman

M.A. (Sociology), Assam University, Silchar

Email: [email protected]

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Abstract- The secondary education has a notable role in the whole field of education. In fact it is the stage of education which assist
children to become full members of a complex society. The teacher of a secondary schools plays an important role in the field of
education. The teachers of secondary schools faced lots of problems throughout the school hour. This paper highlights some of the
problems faced by the teachers of secondary school teachers in Ganeshguri area of Kamrup Metropolitan.
Index Terms- Education, Secondary School, Economic background, Literacy

I. INTRODUCTION

Education is a lifelong process. Education is a systematic process of obtaining knowledge, experience, skill and sound attitude.
Education makes a man perfect to adjust in the society. The progress of a nation fully rely on education. Education makes a man refined,
cultured and educated. For a civilized society education is the only means. It is the key to solve the various problems of human life. In
the field of education the role of teacher is very important. The teacher act as parents, guardian and guide of a student. They provide
knowledge, academic and personal guidance to the students. The progress of a student and also a nation is ultimately depends upon the
teachers. Teaching is not a mechanical process. It is a challenging job. Teachers are the main pillar of success of a student. Teaching is an
art and a truly fine teacher is an artist.
Though teachers possess good respect. Now a days the teachers have been rendering their service facing various problems. Teacher’s
problems has become an important subject of controversy all over world. For instance “The National Union of Teacher of England” has
recently stated that significant increase of problems has become fallen on teacher in the past 10 years. Because of curriculum
development, social instability, behavior of media increasing work load and negative effect on them from their existing society. The
profession of teacher no longer inhabited on ethical position in the society like India. Teachers are now suffer from poverty, carelessness
and insecurity. Financially they are poor, socially their position is low, professionally their task is disparaging and administratively they
are worst affected. Worst economic status of teachers may cause many problems. They faced many problems in their life due to their
economic status.
Ganeshguri is locality in Guwahati, Assam, is named after Ganesh Temple located in its southern part. There are 3 government
secondary schools in Ganeshguri area. Kamrup Metropolitan has 89% literacy ratio in India. Guwahati City has total 359,580 Literacy
Out of which 53% are male and 47% are female.

Figure 1.0 Pie Diagram of Literacy rate of Kamrup Metropolitan

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According to 2011 census Guwahati Matropolitan has total 359,580 Literacy Out of which 53.40% are male and 46.60% are female.
There are 4 government higher secondary schools, 20 provincialized higher secondary schools and 64 provincialized high school and
high madrasa schools in Kamrup Metropolitan. Among them 2 schools is under the Ganeshguri area that is Dispur Govt. Higher
Secondary School and Gopal Boro Govt. Higher Secondary School.

II. IMPORTANCE OF THE SECONDARY EDUCATION

Prior to the British rule there was no such formal system of secondary education in India. It was the minutes submitted by Lord
Macaulay and successive resolutions passed by the Governor General Lord William Bentinck in 1835 that led to the initiation of
schools teaching western literature and science. In Assam Secondary education was started in the year 1835. The school was known as
“Gawahati Seminari” which is the presently known as Cotton Collegiate School in Panbazar.
Secondary education is gateway to the chances and advantages of economic and social development. It supplies academic and personal
guidance to the Secondary level students. Secondary education construct the career of student for future. In today’s world secondary
education is a crucial mission. Secondary education is now being acknowledged as the career stone educational system in the 21st
century. The importance of secondary education are given below:
(1) Secondary education is a gateway to the opportunity and well-being of economic and social development.
(2) Secondary education plays an important role in laying the proper beginning of student’s cultural, cognitive, truthful, spiritual
and social development.
(3) The foundation for higher learning are laid at secondary education.
(4) Secondary education provides employment opportunities to the student in general.
(5) Secondary education is the stage of education which helps children to become well-organized members of a complex modern
society.

III. IMPORTANCE OF THE TEACHER IN SECONDARY EDUCATION

The term “Secondary Education” is understood as a middle stage of education which is given after basic education. Secondary education
is a stage of education that is relayed after primary education and before higher education. Secondary education is the most important
stage of the entire education system. So it needed good guidance of a supreme person. The person who guided the child and guide them
to achieved their essential goal, he is a teacher. That is why in this stage teachers have to play an important role. The teacher’s duty is
less and less to produce knowledge and more to motivate thinking his formal function aside, he will have to become more and more
advice, a partner to talk too. Someone who helps seek out incompatible arguments rather than handing out readymade truths. He will
have to allocate more time and creative active, collective discussion, stimulation, understanding encouragement.

IV. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

Secondary education is a gateway to the opportunities and well-being of economic and social development of a country. The secondary
school teachers play an important role in our academic career and in all aspects of a society.
Secondary school teachers lay out academic and personal guidance to the secondary level students who are future of a nation. The all-
round development of a nation depends on higher education and higher education depends on secondary education. In this view
secondary school teacher play an important role. Secondary school teachers work as a bridge connecting primary and higher education.
For that the study of the problems faced by the teachers in secondary level has massive need and importance.

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V. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

(1) To study the socio economic profile of Ganeshguri Municipality of Kamrup District, Assam
(2) To study the facilities given by the government of Assam to Secondary teachers.
(3) To study the problems faced by the teachers in secondary level.

VI. LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

The limitation of the study are the following-

(1) The study is based only in secondary schools under Ganeshguri Municipality area in Kamrup District.
(2) The study is based only on secondary school teachers.

VII. REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Ahluwalia (1968) in his article “Secondary Education in India” in the study stated that the present day secondary education has many
faults. Research can do various aspects of the impact of democracy on secondary education.
B. Pathak, in the study “Development of Secondary Education in Assam with special reference to the period 1919 to 1947” a
dissertation of London University. This dissertation stated about the existing position of Secondary Education of Assam. This
dissertation also discussed about the problems of secondary school teachers in Assam.
Das. L., (1974) “Development of Secondary Education” from 1874 to 1947 discuss its impact on the social development. He also stated
that the secondary education during pre-british days were slow it expanded only after the independence.
N. Sasikumar & et all (2013), “Managerial Problems Faced by the Teachers in Over Crowded Classroom at Secondary Level” stated
that the overcrowded classrooms create an barrier in the progressive activities of classroom teaching learning process. Teachers may
follow some techniques like establish a signal to stop what they are doing and listen, for control the students inside the overcrowded
classroom.
Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) was initiated in 2009 in India with the objective of providing universal secondary
education by 2017 i.e. by the end of the 12th five year plan and achieving universal retention in secondary education by 2020.
Sustainable Development Goals framed by UNESCO in 2015 discuss the need to provide universal access to quality secondary
education.
Owaidat and Hamdi (1997) conducted a study aimed to explore behavioral problems of the male student in 8th, 9th, and 10th grade in
Jordan. The sample consisted of 1907 students from schools identified by educational directorates as having behavioral problems.
Students of the sample responded in their class to the questionnaire developed. Data regarding students school achievements were
acquire from official records. The result designate that quarrels, beating other students, cheating in exams and reports, and morning
school delay were the most frequently mentioned behavioral problems. The most regularly used system to control students was beating
by the teacher.
VIII. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Research can be broadly divided into two categories:

(1) Quantitative Research
(2) Qualitative Research
The method that has been used for this study is of survey type. At first Pilot study was made to find out the general problems related to
secondary schools of the Ganeshguri area. The present study is of descriptive method which is a part of quantitative research and is
mainly based on data collection with the help of a Questionnaire. The respondents are the secondary school teachers of Ganeshguri area.

 Population and Sample: The study was limited to only on the secondary schools under Ganeshguri Municipality area of
Kamrup District. There are 88 secondary schools under the Kamrup district and 2 secondary schools under the Ganeshguri
Municipality area. The sample for present study has been limited to 30 members of teacher drawn randomly from 2 secondary
schools which included both male and female teachers.
 Tools for Data Collection: For the intention of collecting data the following tools have been constructed and need.
Questionnaire:
1. The Questionnaire constructed and standardized by the investigator herself as per direction given in the manual of the
study.
2. Observation: Observation and informal discussion also made for data collection.
 Data Collection Procedure: Data collection procedure is very complex work. The investigator has collected the data from the
selected sample by personally visiting the schools under Ganeshguri Municipality. The investigator at first met the Principal,
Head Master, Head Mistress personally and with the help of them distributed the questionnaire among the teachers. After
distribution of the questionnaire among the teachers the investigator said that she will collect the questionnaire after one day.
After one day the investigator went to the schools and collected he questionnaire and gives thanks to the teachers for their co-

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operation.

IX. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Table 1.0 Distribution on the basis of Opinion of the Teachers
SL. FACILITIES YES PERCENTAGE NO PERCENTAGE
NO.
1 Infrastructure Facility 17 56.67% 13 43.33%
2 Significant Equipment 10 33.33% 20 66.67%
3 Library 24 80.00% 6 20.00%
4 Management Committee 28 93.33% 2 6.66%
5 Teachers Common Room 29 96.66% 1 3.33%
6 Trained Teachers 15 50.00% 15 50.00%
7 Use of Teaching Aids 22 73.33% 8 26.66%
8 Local Authority 14 46.66% 16 53.33%
9 Separate Room for Separate 30 100.00% 0 0.00%
Class
10 Well Ventilated Class Room 23 76.66% 7 23.33%
11 Inadequate Salary 21 70.00% 9 30.00%
12 Separate Section for Class 30 100.00% 0 0.00%
13 Separate Common Room for 0 0.00% 30 100.00%
Women Teacher
14 Outgoing Facility for Field 14 46.66% 16 53.33%
Work
15 Separate Toilet for Women 30 100.00% 0 0.00%
Source: Field Survey
After the careful study on the collected data the researcher found that there is a lack of Infrastructure facilities only 56.67% has
Infrastructure facility. Only 33.33% significant equipment is found in the secondary schools. Library is an important tool for study, but
20.00% still answered there is no proper facility of Library in secondary schools. There is no separate common room for women
teachers. Only 50.00% teachers are trained, there is a lack of trained teachers. Only 46.66% has the outgoing facility for field work.

Table 1.0 Distribution on the basis of Problems Faced by the Teachers

SL. NAME OF THE PROBLEMS YES PERCENTAGE NO PERCENTAGE
NO.
1 Poor Attendance 21 70.00% 9 30.00%
2 Poor Attention 25 83.33% 5 16.66%
3 Addicted to Smoking 12 40.00% 18 60.00%
4 Over Crowded Classroom 27 90.00% 3 10.00%
5 Lack of Discipline 22 73.33% 8 26.66%
6 Low Involvement of Parents 28 93.33% 2 6.66%
7 Sufficient Teaching Aids 18 60.00% 12 40.00%
8 Economic Background of the 22 73.33% 8 26.66%
Parents
9 Educational Qualification of the 23 76.66% 7 23.33%
Parents
Source: Field Survey
From the above table it is clear that Secondary school teachers faced lots of difficulties. One of the major problem faced by the secondary
school teachers is the low participation of the parents, only 6.66% of the parents involve in the matter of the students other 93.33%
parents not. Most of the government school going students came from poor families, 73.33% of the students came from poor economic
background. Due to poor economic background most of the students unable to afford a project given by the teacher. Lack of discipline,
poor attention, poor attendance, addiction on Smoking are also another problem faced by the teachers of secondary school.

X. CONCLUSION
Education is the basic necessity for success of democracy and advancement of the country. Secondary education is a very crucial phase
of every learner’s life. The role of teachers is very important at this stage because they make ready and motivate learners to become
future professionals in many ways. Ganeshguri area of Kamrup Metropolitan has 2 government high schools. The teachers of the schools
faced lots of problems. Due to increased number of private schools in Guwahati the number of students of government schools are
decreasing. Only the lower income parents send their children to the government schools. Most of the parents are uneducated so that they
could not help their children to study at home. Teachers also not get insufficient salary. Government also not given infrastructure facility
to the government schools.
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XI. REFERENCES
[1] Agarwalla Sunita (2013), “Teacher Education”, Aditya Book Distributor, Panbazar, Guwahati
[2] Ahluwalia, S. P. (1958), “Secondary Education in India” Orissa Education Magazine
[3] Barua, B. K (1951), “Cultural History of Assam”, Vol-II. Guwahati
[4] Chaube, S. P. (1956), “Secondary Education for India”, Delhi, Atmaram and Sons
[5] Das, L., “Education in Assam”, United Das Publishers, Guwahati-3, Assam.
[6] Kundu, C. L. (1980), “Indian Year Book on Teacher Education”
[7] Mathur, V. S. (1975), “Teacher Education (some thoughts)”, Ambala, Agarwal Prakashan
[8] N. Sasikumar & et all (2013), “Managerial Problems Faced by the Teachers in Over Crowded Classroom at Secondary Level”
[9] Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) 2009
[10] Saikia, S., “School Organisation and Administration”, Mani Manik Praksah, Gauhati.
[11] Sustainable Development Goals framed by UNESCO 2015

XII. AUTHOR

Author – Anindita Barman, M.A. (Sociology), Assam Central University, Silchar,

Email: [email protected]

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