Nature of Stress Faced by School Teachers During Covid-19

Abstract

Covid 19 virus spread and non-health issues caused by it has a severe impact on the survival of human being and it has touched the each and every human being on the earth. Nature of stress faced by teachers and their access to digital facilities or supports to handle online classes were not uniform. Number of factors leads to inequality in rendering professional services between men and female teaches i.e., technology literacy, technology adoption and accessibility, meeting of social and family expectation as a women. Current study is focused on the teachers working in Malappuram district in Kerala. Detailed data categorically reveals that there exists differences in stress faced by the male and female school teachers working in Malappuram District in Kerala. Men faced number of issues related to class handing and adoption to virtual teaching practices. Whereas, women teachers working in Private schools experienced stress in term of social inaccessibility, reduction in their salary, job cut and other related issues