Mental Health of Secondary School Teachers in Murshidabad District of West Bengal

With the changing socio-economic scenario and increasing unemployment, the value of teacher and their professional concern with the job have forcibly undergone a change which adversely affect their mental health. The level of mental health of a teacher affects his/her working as well as organizational climate. Keeping into this thing consideration, the study was aimed at finding the mental health of secondary school teachers in Murshidabad district of West Bengal. The study was confined to 200 teachers of secondary schools of Murshidabad district by using simple random sampling techniques from government and private schools. The findings of the study revealed that there is significant difference in mental health of teachers dimension wise and a whole in relation to sex and management variation but educational qualification does not play any role in shaping the mental health of teachers.