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Research Paper—Education
Occupational Stress Among Secondary School
Teacher in Relation to Their Some
Demographical Variables
April, 2012 * Dr. Y. G. Singh
* Assot. Prof, K.M. Asghar Husain College of Education, Akola. (M.S.)
Education for all is an ideal of critical significance ondary teachers in terms of Marital status.
before the developing countries. Knowledge, Infor- 3-To find out the level of occupational stress of Sec-
mation and Skills are increasingly being regarded as ondary teachers in terms of Locality of working.
the major weapons in the crusade for supremacy on 4-To find out the level of occupational stress of Sec-
the economic front. Knowledge industries are tack- ondary teachers in terms of Educational Qalification.
ing off at breakneck, speed . Information highways are Hypotheses of the study:-
opening new prospects. Televison, Mobile and 1- There is no significant difference between Male
Internet are reshaping practically every work of life, and Female Secondary teachers with regards to occu-
including education. Education involves both teach- pational stress,
ing and learning, some times people learn by teaching 2- There is no significant difference between Mar-
themselves; in which psychology plays a vitol role. ried and Unmarried Secondary teachers with regards
Teacher education is a key to the qualitative im- to occupational stress,
provement of education. The teacher can not be ex- 3- There is no significant difference between Rural
pected to perform his professional roles effectively and Urban Secondary teachers with regards to occupa-
and efficiently without being educated and reedu- tional stress,
cated. 4- There is no significant difference between Under
Stress is an interesting word. Most of the people Graduate and Post Graduate Secondary teachers with
have no difficulty saying when they are under stress, regards to occupational stress,
and attributing all probleme to stress. But psycholo- Methodology of the study:
gist have conciderable difficulty in defining stress and A: Method:-A simple survey method was used.
have tended to avoid the concept, as it is too globle B: Tool:- In this study Occupational Stress
stress combines the external stimulus, the life events Inventor(OSI) by Dr. Joseph and Dr.Dharmangadam
and the host of individual responses to the stimulus, was used.
such as anxiety or depression. Wrtamvra, C: Sample:- In this study to the above hypotheses a
Donzella,Alwin, Gunnar (2003) Miller Brotman and sample of 100 Secondary Teachers are randomly se-
his associate (2003) research evidence suggest that lected from Secondary School of Akola District..
cumulative life stress increases risk for emotional and D: Statistical Analysis and Interpretation:-The col-
behavioral problems, such as a negative views of the lected data was subjected to statistical analysis and the
self problematic interpersonal relationships and stress- result obtained were interpreted-
ful life experience. Hypotheses Testing:-
Table- Comparison of mean score of Occupational
Occupational Stress :- The phrase “occupational- stress of Secondary teachers working in Secondary
stress” refers to the difficulty shared by Secondary School in relation to Gender, Marital status, Locality
Teacher working in Secondary school in relation to and Educational Qualification :-
their professional situations. Variable Sample Mean S.D. t-Value
Teaching competencies of a teacher mainly depend Male 50 49.63 7.43
upon the teacher’s psychological state of mind. Female 50 46.24 7.68 2.145 S
Therefore occupational stress has significant effects Married 50 49.78 7.83
on psychological well being and serious note is being Unmarried 50 47.69 6.97 1.41 NS
taken of the health consequences of this stress. Rural 50 46.32 7.45
Urban 50 49.17 6.87 1.989 S
Objectives of the study:- Under Graduate 50 46.19 7.33
1-To find out the level of occupational stress of Sec- Post Graduate 50 49.84 7.93 2.43 S
ondary teachers in terms of Gender. S - Significant at 0.05 level.
2-To find out the level of occupational stress of Sec- NS - Not Significate at 0.05 level.
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From above table- It is clear that the calculated t-value Secondary Teachers, Urban Secondary Teachers are
is1.41 which is less then the table value of significant more occupationally stress then Rural Secondary
level 0.05. So null hypotheses is accepted. Hence it can Teachers,Under Graduate are less occupationally stress
be concluded that there is no significantly difference then Post Graduate Secondary Teachers.
between mean score of Occupational stress of Finding:-
secondary teachers working in secondary school in 1- There is no significantly difference between mean
relation to Marital status.While t-values 2.145,1.989 score of Occupational stress of secondary teachers
and 2.43 which are more then table value of signifi- working in secondary school in relation to Marital
cant level 0.05.So null hypotheses is rejected .Hence Status.
it can be concluded that there are significantly 2- Male Secondary Teachers are more occupationally
difference between mean score of Occupational stress stress then Female Secondary Teachers, Urban Sec-
of Scondary teachers working in Secondary school in ondary Teachers are more occupationally stress then
relation to Gender Locality of Working and Educa- Rural Secondary Teachers, Under Graduate are less
tional Qalification. It means that Male Secondary occupationally stress then Post Graduate Secondary
Teachers are more occupationally stress then Female Teachers.
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