NOW-A-DAYS the world is said to be the world of achievement and also the world of stress. The analysis of studies related to job stress, revealed that stress among teachers are very high level in the present scenario.
Apparently, today’s teaching has become extremely stressful over the past years. Things such as unrealistic deadlines, lack of appropriate break periods, school forms, online forms, other related works and increasingly heightened expectations are common causes of work-related stress.
According to Tagore, “If the teacher does not himself posses learning, how can he impact it to others? He is like a lamp, lighting other lamps. But a lamp cannot put light into other lamps if it does not itself burn and shed light.
Swami Vivekananda, an Indian clergy has said, “ The true teacher is who can immediately come down to the level of student and transfer his soul to the students soul and understand through his mind such as teacher can really teach and non else”. .
It is the responsibility of a teacher to provide quality of education. Every teacher must have the professional satisfaction in order to achieve their objectives and aims. But how can a teacher achieve his goal if he’s bombarded with workloads other than focus on teaching?
Some findings said, stressful job reduces the performance. Due to heavy workload and time pressure the teachers are not capable to handle work effectively and efficiently which causes some serious health and social problems. Hence, the government needs to be aware of these factors of stress and to take necessary steps in order to reduce job stress among teachers.
Teachers have always been the centre of attention in the classroom, yet ironically their concerns and needs should be addressed. Obviously, the happy teachers (stress free workers) can be productive teachers!
Ferliza B. Lacsina
Teacher III
Doña Asuncion Lee
Integrated School
(Unsolicited contributions here are unedited, unabridged, as is. Errors in grammar, syntax, etc, solely the writer’s. — Editor)
