Professional burnout among primary school teachers in Odisha

The present study was explored to find out the burnout among school teachers. The objectives of the study were to explore the level of burnout among school teachers and to examine the burnout among school teachers. Survey method was conducted on a sample of 252 school teachers was chosen in Odisha. Teacher Burnout Scale by Prof. S. Sathiyagirirajan was used for data collection. Data was analyzed by using t-test. Result showed that the level of burnout among school teachers is average. Findings also indicated that there is no significant difference in burnout of school teachers based on locality of school and educational qualification and there is significant difference in burnout of school teachers with regard to gender, nature of school, major subject, type of school and years of experience.