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.

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.