Mental Health of School Teachers In Respect Of Location, Gender, & Stream Of Teaching in Nadia District, West Bengal

Abstract

One of the important merits in the teacher is that he knows his subject thoroughly well and is to keep in touch with his subject to remain up-to-date. A good teacher is required to have an attitude of love and sympathy for children. The ideal character of teacher leaves an ever lasting impression on the minds of his pupil. It is the teacher who can create a national perspective for understanding social and economic difference in the nation. The teacher should be a model to his own image in the minds of his students. The present study seeks to compare the mental health of secondary school teachers in respect of their location, gender and stream of teaching. Twenty school teachers chosen from Krishnanagar-II, block of Nadia district of West Bengal as sample. RCE mental health scale by Anand (1992) has been adopted by present researchers. Study revealed that, teachers’ mental health was not changeable in respect of their location, gender and stream of teaching. More research also needed to identify the specific factors by which, mental health of school teachers will reflect efficiently.