The Academic Performances Of B.Ed. Trainees Of Teacher Training Institutes Of Manipur

This paper is an attempt by the investigator to explore the academic performance of the B. Ed. trainees of the teacher training institutions affiliated to Manipur University. The trainees of the all five B.Ed. colleges affiliated to Manipur University served as the sampling frame of the study. One of such colleges which have 100 trainees was selected for the study purposively. Then 30 trainees consisting of 20 females and 10 males were selected by applying stratified random sampling technique. After the declaration of result of B.Ed. final examination, March 2014 conducted by Manipur University, the investigator collected the theory paper marks obtained by the trainees from each college’s records for his study. All the 7 theory papers carry 75 marks each i.e. 75x7=525. After collecting the information, the analysis and interpretation of the pertinent data was done in the following manner. Firstly, descriptive statistics like percentages, means and standard deviations were computed. Secondly, inferential statistics like difference between two means of small samples were computed to know the differences in the academic performance between two different types of B.Ed. trainees, such as: male and Female trainees; Arts and Science stream trainees; Graduate degree holders and post-graduate degree holders etc. It was inferred that: a) There is significant difference in the academic performance among male and female B.Ed. trainees; b) There is no significant difference in academic performance among arts and science stream B.Ed. trainees; c) There is a significant difference in the academic performance of graduate and post graduate degree holder B.Ed. trainees. The study revealed that educational stream (arts and science) had no significant impact on academic performance but gender and level of educational qualification of the B.Ed. trainees exhibited significant impact on academic performance. Key words: Academic Performance, B.Ed. Trainee, Teacher Training Institutes of Manipur, Manipur University