A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF RTE ACT IN RELATION TO ITS IMPACT ON TEACHER TEACHING IN SCHOOLS.

In the era of globalization, teachers are the most cardinal actors in the entire educational endeavour. Academic excellence of schools is largely indicative of the performance level of the respective teaching faculty. RTE act is provision which provide free and compulsory primary education of equitable quality, based on principles of equity and non-discrimination to all children in India. This act also laid down various norms which are closely related to job satisfaction of teachers, for instance norms regarding teacher pupil ratio, classroom teacher ratio, negation of corporal punishment, work load on teachers etc. An analytical approach undertaking various aspects related to RTE act, is necessary to understand and to resolve the issues of teachers particularly related to teachers. Job satisfaction is a comprehensive reaction towards various factors. In order to attain educational goals, there is also a dire need to ascertain the job satisfaction of teachers. Hence, this research study attempted to study the teachers’ satisfaction regarding various provisions of RTE Act. This study also endeavored to make a comparative analysis between government and private school teachers in relation to their satisfaction towards various provisions of RTE act. Lack of infrastructure, teaching learning equipments and other facilities, disproportion of pupil teacher ratios and classroom teachers ration, problems faced due to negation of punishment and negation of private tuition norms gives rise to teachers’ dissatisfaction. Better infrastructure, availability of proper teaching equipments, proper implementation of pupil teachers’ norms and classroom teachers’ norms, additional staff for implementation of mid day meal program in school can open the gate way to more efficient people to adopt teaching profession and to achieve long cherished educational goals in India.