Teachers Perceptions on Teaching English in Government Upper Primary Schools of Dohad District

Dr. Anil R Patel

English teaching in Upper Primary Schools in tribe areas of India is always a challenging task and has much more debated amongst educationalist, researchers and teachers. The present article aims to suggest solutions of English teaching problems in Dohad District of Gujarat state at Government Upper Primary Schools by surveying teachers` perceptions on factors such as: government policy on English teaching, psychological problems, mother tongue influence, English teaching skills and competences, environmental and cultural issues. The structured questionnaires are administered to English teachers (N= 261, n= 132, v=48) in context to Dohad District as source of primary data collection. The collected data are analyzed and tested using IBMSPSS.22 as a statistical tool to identify correlations amongst Government policy, psychological problems, mother tongue influence, English teaching skills and competences, environmental and cultural issues. The results reveal on positive correlations amongst all the factors considered for the survey.