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Introduction The world is known today as a global village. Today's knowledge becomes old on the next day. Lord Shri Krishna has said in the Gita, "Change is a universal law" The above statement has become true in every field of life. Today, Change touches each and every field of life. A teacher helps students conform to changes. Two major poles of education process are teacher and students. Here, the influence of a teacher is more profound on students. You cannot build anything without a solid foundation. The "A" is for Attitude - the foundation sustaining all successful people. Attitude is the "advance man" of our true selves. The roots spread inward and are anchored in past experiences, and the fruit branch outward exposed for all to see. Attitude is both our best friend and our worst enemy. It is more honest and more consistent than our words. Attitude is one of the most important factors in helping us get through the highs and lows of life. Attitudes are rooted in one's own beliefs and are unique across most individuals. Attitude towards self is the most dominating one especially during adolescence, as pupils become more conscious about themselves. They are sensitive to reaction of others towards them. The good and appreciating reactions from others help to shape their concept of self, which in turn results in positive self-image or vice versa. The concept of attitudes has since long been one of the most generally applied concepts by psychologists and sociologists (Allport, 1935; Ajzen, 20012 ). Allport (1935) defined an attitude as a "Mental and neural state of readiness, organized through experience, exerting a directive or dynamic influence upon the individual's response to all objects and situations with which it is related."1 He looked upon attitude primarily as a set to respond in a particular way. In psychology, an attitude refers to a set of emotions, beliefs, and behaviours toward a particular object, person, thing, or event. Attitudes are often the result of experience or upbringing, and they can have a powerful influence over behaviour. An Attitude is an enduring system that includes a cognitive component, a feeling component and an action tendency. Attitudes involve an emotional component. An Attitude is an enduring system that includes a cognitive component, a feeling component and an action tendency. Attitudes involve an emotional component. That is why once an attitude is formed it becomes resistant to change; it does not generally respond to new facts. An attitude involves beliefs as well as evaluations. These attitudes involve some knowledge about the other groups (the cognitive component), some feelings of dislike,