Occupational Stress of Secondary and Higher Secondary School Teachers

Teachers’ occupational stress affects their teaching quality. When teachers are stressed in their job, they are unable to devote their full attention to their tasks. Adjustment is a significant predictor of teachers’ effectiveness in the classroom. The main objective of the present study was to assess the level of occupational stress and adjustment among secondary and higher secondary school teachers. It was hypothesized that there would be a significant difference between secondary and higher secondary school teachers with reference to occupational stress and adjustment. The researcher has adopted quantitative descriptive research to gain the objectives of the present study. For the present research work, the researcher has selected 60 secondary (30) and higher secondary (30) school teachers aged between 30 to 40 years with the help of random sampling techniques. The Occupational Stress Index was developed by Srivastava, A.K., and Singh, A.P., 1981was used. It was revealed that higher secondary school teachers have shown greater symptoms of occupational stress compared to secondary school teachers, whereas, no significant difference was reported for occupational stress among secondary and higher secondary school teachers with reference to gender.