Behavioural Studies of Secondary School Teachers towards Family Life Education

In order to prepare an individual for life, the scope and the structure of the educational system must be broad, flexible and multidimensional. An education that does not deal with fundamental problems of life is an inadequate type of education. It is important that the people of today are equipped intellectually, physically and emotionally to face and solve problems that they are bound to face tomorrow. The family occupies a vital position among the institutions that have shaped human civilization and is found in all societies. With this background, the present study highlights the attitude of a few secondary school teachers of Bangalore city in respect of family life education with eight hypotheses. A sample of 200 secondary school teachers were assessed based on the basis of sex, educational qualification, religion, marital status, age and teaching experience using stratified random sampling. The teachers with 10 years and less than 10 years of teaching experience and teachers with more than 10 years of teaching experience have favorable attitude towards family life education. This proves that secondary school teachers irrespective of the teaching experience, irrespective of age, their marital status, educational qualification, and the religion to which they belong have noticed the need and the willingness to deal and teach family life education in secondary schools