Professional Commitment of Secondary School Teachers in Relation to Their Vocational Maturity

The present study was aimed at exploring the relationship between professional commitment and vocational maturity of secondary school teachers. The investigator resorted to adopt descriptive survey method by taking sample of 200 secondary school teachers of Jalandhar City of Punjab with the application of stratified random sampling. Standardized tools (Professional Commitment Scale for Teachers by Ravinder kaur, Sarbjit kaur and Saravjeet Kaur Brar (2011) and Vocational Maturity Battery for Teachers by Meena Budhisagar Rathod and Madhulika Verma (2010) were used for data collection. Results revealed significant differences in the professional commitment between male and female secondary school teachers. Female teachers were found more professionally committed as compared to male teachers. Regarding Vocational Maturity, no significant difference was found between male and female teachers. A positive correlation was found between professional commitment and vocational maturity.