Research Article
Inept and Indifferent? Self-Understanding of Early Career Teachers of Government Schools in the Indian State of Odisha
Table 1
Demographic profile of participants.
| No. | Participant Code | Age (as of 2019) | Gender | Social Category | Educational Qualification | Year of recruitment | work experience before becoming government school teacher |
| 1 | Participant-A | 34 | Female | General | MSc, BEd | 2018 | 4 years. Teaching in private schools and colleges. | 2 | Participant-B | 30 | Male | SEBC | BA, CT | 2014 | No prior work experience | 3 | Participant C | 27 | Male | ST | BA, CT | 2015 | 1 year. Teaching in a private school | 4 | Participant-D | 24 | Female | General | BSc, CT | 2013 | No prior work experience | 5 | Participant E | 24 | Male | SEBC | BA, CT | 2015 | No prior work experience | 6 | Participant F | 26 | Female | SEBC | BA, CT | 2015 | No prior work experience | 7 | Participant-G | 40 | Female | SEBC | BA, CT | 2013 | No prior work experience | 8 | Participant H | 26 | Male | SC | +2, CT | 2014 | No prior work experience | 9 | Participant-I | 46 | Female | SEBC | MA, BEd | 2013 | 12 years. Teaching in private schools in different cities. | 10 | Participant-J | 32 | Female | SEBC | BA, CT | 2014 | No prior work experience | 11 | Participant-K | 41 | Male | General | BA, CT | 2014 | 10 years. Insurance agent | 12 | Participant L | 37 | Male | SC | BA, CT | 2015 | 6 years. Teaching in a private school | 13 | Participant M | 24 | Male | SEBC | +2, CT | 2015 | No prior work experience | 14 | Participant N | 32 | Female | ST | MA, CT | 2014 | No prior work experience | 15 | Participant O | 29 | Male | SEBC | BSc, BEd | 2014 | No prior work experience | 16 | Participant P | 30 | Male | ST | BA, CT | 2013 | No prior work experience | 17 | Participant Q | 35 | Male | ST | BA, CT | 2014 | 5 years. Business. |
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SC, scheduled caste; ST, scheduled tribe; SEBC, socially and economically backward classes; BA, bachelor of arts; CT, certificate of training; MA, master of arts; BEd, bachelor of education.
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