A STUDY OF COMPETENCIES AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH OF TEACHERS WORKING IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTE OF ODISHA

The objectives of the present study is to compare the competencies (teaching competency, digital competency, and research competency) of teachers working in higher education institutions; to study the professional growth of teachers working in higher education institutions with reference to gender, qualification, experience, age, and stream; and to find out the relation between the competencies (teaching competency, digital competency, and research competency) and professional growth of teachers working in higher education institutions. ‘Quantitative research design’ and the survey method’ were adopted in the present study. The present study was conducted on teachers working in higher education institutes in Odisha. The investigator used the ‘Random Sampling Method’ for the selection of ten autonomous colleges and the ‘Stratified Random Sampling Technique’ to select 150 teachers (90 male and 50 female) for investigation. ..