The study was conducted to examine the aptitude of student teachers of language group towards their profession in Burdwan district of West Bengal, India. Aptitude may be considered to be qualities which all individual posses in varying degrees. There can be various kinds of aptitude like the art aptitude, scientific aptitude, mechanical aptitude, clerical aptitude, scholarly aptitude, and musical aptitude which can be measured through various aptitude tests. Teaching aptitude can be categorized as aptitude for professional work. It is generally agreed that entrance into a profession presumes the possession of superior intellectual status and successfully completed intensive and extensive study in various areas of the chosen profession. The possession of certain personal traits and professional attitude also is considered important. There have been some reliable tests for testing teaching aptitudes like Coxe – Orleans prognosis test of teaching ability or the teaching aptitude test by Jai Prakash and R. P. Shrivastav etc. This specific study was conducted on a sample of 21 each language student teachers studying in 2 different colleges of education in Burdwan district of West Bengal. They were administered a standardized constructed tool on Teaching Aptitude by Dahiya and Singh. The tool consists of 50 items with 5 areas. The collected data were statistically analyzed with mean, standard deviations, and t-values.
