The Problems Faced by Teachers in Government Primary Schools, District Patiala, Punjab

Teachers have always played a very essential role in every successful person’s life. They are vital for the development of any country or any individual, but in the last decade teaching has become a ‘not so easy’ job. Teachers have been facing various kinds of problems in their workplace. In this research, the researcher has tried to capture the grievances faced by the teachers of Government Primary School Teachers of Patiala, Punjab. The hypothesis of the study is that the teachers of government primary schools of Patiala, Punjab face multiple problems in their day-to-day lives, which hampers their teaching performance in various ways. The study is descriptive and the information is collected through interview-schedules, circulated through head-teachers of such primary schools. The interview-schedules have been filled manually. The data has been put into a tabular and a pie-chart form. The study does prove the hypothesis and it is true that the teachers face a lot of problems that hamper their teaching performances.

Keywords:
Primary Schools, Punjab, Government Teachers, Government Interest