Does Working Conditions Affect Teacher’s Morale of Teaching: Teacher’s Self Perception

Purpose: Education is the field of study that deals with the pedagogy of teaching and learning. The teacher is the person who is responsible for all these acts. As the importance of teacher is a proven fact so it is necessary that a teacher should be enthusiastic and dedicated towards his teaching. The above mentioned state is termed as teacher’s morale. The study was to investigate teacher self-perception about their morale for teaching affected by different internal working conditions like: teacher’s rapport with head, rapport among the teachers, salary and curriculum issues. The nature of this study was quantitative. Questionnaire consisted upon 39 items, was modified from a reliable and valid instrument constructed by Bentley and Remple 1970. 90 teachers from 24 departments of University of Sargodha were selected as sample of the study by using convenient sampling technique. Data was collected personally. Collected data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics techniques. The results showed that there is significant difference between teacher’s morale and internal factors. Insignificant difference was found among teachers of different age and gender. BUT there was significant difference among masters. M.Phil. and PhD qualified teachers. The study suggested that another research may be conducted to investigate different external working conditions like environment and family background.