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The study was aimed to assess the teaching competency of primary school teacher trainees with respect to the effect of socio-economic status and their background variables. The objectives of the study were: 1. To find out whether different in sex teacher trainees would account for significant difference in their teaching competency. 2. To find out whether difference in type of college management would account for significant difference in their teaching competency. 3. To find out the relationship between teaching competency and socio-economic status of teacher trainees. 4. To find out the relationship between by competency and varying size of the family. 5. To find out the relationship between teaching competency and the medium of instruction studying by the teacher trainees. The study is descriptive study and followed teaching competency scale and SES scale to collect the data. The collected data was analyzed by using mean, SD, and t test. The study was found that: 1. There was no significant difference in teaching competency level of male and female teacher trainees of 3 TCH Training College in Bangalore Urban. 2. There was no significant difference in teaching competency level of private aided and private unaided college Teacher Trainees. 3. There was no significant difference in teaching competency level of teacher trainees belongs to joint family and Nuclear Family. 4. There was no significant difference in teaching competency level of teacher trainees belongs to small size family and middle size family. 5. There was no significant difference in teaching competency level of teacher trainees belongs to middle size family and larger size family. 6. There was no significant difference in teaching competency level of teacher trainees belongs small and large family. 7. There was no significant difference in teaching competency level of teacher trainees studying in Kannada medium and English medium. 8. There was no significant difference in teaching competency level of teacher trainees of High SES and Middle SES. 9. There was no significant difference in teaching competency level of teacher trainees of middle and low SES. 10. There was no significant difference in teaching competency level of teacher trainees of high and Low SES.