A STUDY OF OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AMONG FEMALE TEACHERS WORKING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN TEZPUR TOWN OF ASSAM

Abstract

“Occupational  Stress” is  an unavoidable  phenomenon in human life  in  today’s  world of  rapid  industrialization  and  increasing  urbanization. It  is  a  psychophysical  condition  which  affects  an  individual’s  productivity, effectiveness ,personal  health and  quality  of  work. Teacher stress  is a  specific  type  of  occupational  stress. Teaching profession can be identified as a stressful occupation in this  modern challenging world  which  can  adversely  affect  the  health  of the teachers which in turn  affects  the  students  and  the  learning environment. In this  respect, female school teachers usually faced lots  of  occupational stress particularly the married  female  teachers as they have to play  multiple roles both  at homes  and schools. In this  paper, attempts  have been  made  to identify  the  main causes of  occupational stress among the female teachers  of  secondary  schools  and  the  ways  for  preventing  and minimizing the same.