BURNOUT AND OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AMONG SCHOOLTEACHERS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN BANGALORE URBAN AND BANGALORE RURAL
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https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v5.i4.2024.2934Keywords:
Burnout Occupational, Stress, Schoolteachers, COVID-19 Pandemic, Bangalore Urban, Bangalore RuralAbstract [English]
Burnout is a psychological condition brought on by ongoing stress that impacts people’s feelings, mental health, and physical behaviour. Burnout is more common among those whose jobs require communication with a client or a third party. Burnout predicts intention to leave and actual job turnover. A negative perception of the profession can lead to progressive absenteeism and, finally, to withdrawal from teaching. Burnout has historically been linked to the teaching profession. Teacher shortages are not a new issue. Shortages began in the mid-1980s due to increasing student enrolments and decreasing numbers of college graduates becoming teachers. During the pandemic a wave of change disrupted the education of the students. Both the students and the teachers were forced to adapt in a short time to new ways of working that include social distancing in classrooms, hybrid teaching and virtual instructions. teachers have reported increased levels of anxiety, difficulties in communication and a lack of administrative support. All these new stressors proximal to burnout added to the fear generated by COVID-19, which almost all people have experienced. Teachers are most valuable assets to any country who part their knowledge and guide the young minds to be a contributing citizen of the nation. The teachers are often pressurized with huge demands which usually leads to a lot of stress. Work related stress negatively affects the performance of the teachers. Majority of teachers perceived their work-related stress due to dependent variables like gender, education, family income and economic instability. Job insecurity, poor students’ behaviour, ineffective leadership at departmental levels results in stress level of teachers and it also results in psychological distress among teachers. Educational status and years of experience of teachers are the factors responsible for creating stress among teachers. The aim is to study the stress and burnout among the schoolteachers. The sample consisted of 120 schoolteachers working in government and private schools as well as in rural and urban areas. Both male and female teachers constituted the sample for study. The teachers were residing in Bangalore urban and Bangalore rural areas. The teachers were administered the stress and burnout questionnaires. A purposive sampling design was opted for the study. The mean, SD, and ‘t’ was computed using appropriate statistical measures. The result revealed that there was a significant difference in stress and burnout between schoolteachers of urban and rural areas as well as male and female teachers.
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