iarjelIARJELIARJEL2708-5120https://doi.org/10.47310/iajel.2020.v01i02.026Gender Comparison of the Attitude of Serving and Prospective Elementary School Teachers in Mizoram towards Teaching ProfessionJ.LalsangzualaLalbiakdikiHnamteOne of the important factors that affect a teacher’s success and efficiency is his/her attitude towards the profession. The fundamental objective of this study is to determine the attitude of prospective and serving teachers towards the teaching profession. To this end, it is questioned whether “the attitudes of prospective and serving teachers towards the profession of teaching differ according to the variables including their gender and educational qualification”. The study group of the research consists of 300 serving elementary school teachers and 300 prospective elementary school teachers from eight Districts of Mizoram who were selected using random sampling method. In order to evaluate serving and prospective teachers’ attitudes towards teaching profession, 5-point Likert-type attitude scale developed by the authors was used. For the analysis of the data, t-test was used. The research findings shows majority of serving and prospective elementary school teachers have positive attitude towards teaching profession. No significant difference occurred in the attitude of serving and prospective teachers in relation to the gender factor. A significant difference occurred in favour of graduate serving and prospective teacher in relation to education.