A study of mental health among private and government school teachers

The Purpose of the proposed research is to study the mental health of government and private school teachers. 70 government school teachers (35 Male and 35 Female) and 70 private school teachers (35 Male and 35 Female) total 140 School Teachers were selected for the study as sample. Mental Health Analysis Questionnaire prepared by Dr. Ashwin Jansari, Dr. Harkant D. Badami and Dr. (Smt.) Charulata H. Badami (2011) was used for the data collection. “F” test was used. The result has shown that (1) There is no significant difference in the mean score of mental health among the government school teachers and private school teachers, (2) There is no significant difference in the mean score of mental health among male and female school teachers and (3) There is significant difference in the interactive effect of the mean scores of mental health with regards to the type of school teachers and gender. Therefore it could be said that, the female private school teachers group is having good mental health than male private school teachers group.