A Study of Professional Ethics among Graduate Teachers in Comparative Perspective

Every profession has its own professional ethics to maintain rules, standards, and quality of services. It guides the professionals in performing their duties responsibly and maintaining discipline and dignity in their work. The present study emphasis on professional ethics of TET qualified and Non-TET graduate teachers in different provincialized high and higher secondary schools of (Lowkhowa) block in Nagaon district. The study employed a descriptive survey method where 102 graduate teachers were selected by dis-proportionate stratified sampling technique. For collection of data a standardize professional ethics scale is used which developed by Dr. Baldwind B.Sumer and Prof. Ibadani Syiem (2022). Percentage, mean, SD and ‘t’ were calculated to analysis of the data. The findings of the study highlighted that majority of the teachers demonstrated an average or moderate level of professional ethics. A significance difference is found between TET qualified and Non-TET teachers in professional ethics. TET qualified graduate teachers were found strong ethical consciousness than the Non-TET graduate teachers. Key words: - Professional ethics, Graduate teachers TET, Non-TET,