Para Teachers: Their Role, Problems and Prospects (International Seminar on Researches in School Effectiveness at Primary Stage July 14-16, 1999)

Abstract

The study on Para-teachers: Concept, Practice and Prospects, adopting case study method, makes an in-depth probe into five programmes/schemes of alternative schooling involving parateachers, covering all aspects viz. socio-economic context, the community environment, village and school profiles, the children - their attitude and aspirations, teacher-community interaction, classroom culture and learning performance, with a focus on both, the contents and quality of education, being imparted in para-teacher schools. To provide a comparative perspective, regular schools and regular teachers too have been studied on similar lines.