Occupational Stress among Male and Female Elementary School Teachers of District Pulwama

Stress, in general, and occupational stress in particular is a fact of modern day life that seems to have been on the increase. Teacher stress is a real phenomenon and is associated with problems of recruitment, health and retention of teachers. The main purpose of the study was to find out and compare the occupational stress level among male and female elementary school teachers of District Pulwama (J & K) India. The sample consisted of 100 elementary school teachers, 50 male and 50 female teachers. A. K Srivastava and A. P Singh’s Occupational Stress Index was administered on selected sample for collection of data. The collected data was statistically analyzed and interpreted by applying Mean, S.D and t-test. The investigators found that male and female elementary school teachers differ significantly on overall occupational stress level. It was found that female elementary school teachers have more occupational stress level than their male counter parts.