A Study on Awareness and Attitude towards Peace Education among School Teachers of East Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh

The present study was conducted to study the awareness and attitude towards peace education among school teachers of East Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh. For this purposes, normative survey method of research was used. The sample consists of 80 elementary school teachers comprising 40 males and 40 females from East Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh. Peace Education awareness test and Attitude scale for teachers developed by Dr. Jayadeba Sahoo, Professor, Dept. of Education, RGU; Rono Hills were used for data collection. Mean (M), Standard deviation (SD), and t-test were used to analyze the data and the result revealed that the elementary school teachers have better attitude and awareness towards peace education in East Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh. It also found that male and female of elementary school teachers does not differ regarding awareness and attitude toward peace education and tribal elementary school teachers are having better attitude of peace education than non-tribal elementary school teachers. Based on these findings some suggestions were given with great implication for further studies.