Cultural Competence Of Early Career High School Teachers And The Potential Impact On Education Equity: A Systematic Review

Abstract

India is a country with diversity in all its forms. More than 120 languages are spoken and officially registered are 29 languages belonging to 29 states. The diversity in India is also seen in its cultural lifestyle. The culture changes as one move geographically and also from community to community. Of several privileges, the most important is the right to education. Education is the root building block of any human being; thus, culture’s influence is inevitable. The standard of education for various ethnic groups has been discussed extensively globally. In India, with culture also comes educational equity. Some communities are still practicing education inequity based on gender as well as based on ethnicity. The teacher’s cultural competence is likely to impact the educational equity of their own and their students. The paper’s objective is to conduct a systematic review on the cultural competence of the early career service high school teachers and the potential impact on educational equity. For this study, we have refereed 36 published articles, of which 21 papers are suitable for the study. The study’s outcome is to discuss the global methods to adapt cultural competence and provide educational equity recommendations for the Indian teaching system.