The objectives of the study were: (1) To investigate the effect of B.Ed. training programme on teaching competency of pupil teachers. (2) To determine the effect of gender on teaching competency of pupil teachers. (3) To determine the effect of academic qualification on teaching competency of pupil teachers. (4) To determine the effect of academic stream on teaching competency of pupil teachers.

The hypothesis of the study were: (1) There will be no significant difference between the pre – test and post – test mean teaching competency scores of pupil teachers. (2) There will be no significant difference between the mean teaching competency scores of female and male pupil teachers. (3) There will be no significant difference between the mean teaching competency scores of graduate and post graduate pupil teachers. (4) There will be no significant difference between the mean teaching competency scores of arts and science pupil teachers.

150 B.Ed. Pupil Teachers from Lucknow University and its affiliating Degree Colleges were selected as a Sample.

General Teaching Competency Scale by B.K. Passi and M.S. Lalita (1994) was used, and Personal Data Sheet was developed by Researcher for data collection.

The data were analyzed by Mean, SD and CR.

The findings of the study were: (1) B.Ed. training programme plays an effective role as the findings reveal that pupil teachers have show significantly high improvement in teaching competency, its dimensions and teaching skill. (2) Gender plays an effective role as male pupil teachers have shown significant attainment in teaching competency as compared to their female counterparts. (3) Academic qualification plays an effective role as post graduate have shown significantly high attainment of teaching competency as compared to the graduates. (4) There is no major difference in the gain scores of arts and science pupil teachers.