1Research Scholar, Dept. of P G Studies and Research in Education, Davangere University, Davangere
2Retired Principal, M.M. College of Education, Anubhavamantapa Campus, Davangere - 577004
Online published on 26 March, 2021.
The present study was designed to study the effectiveness of Self Instructional Material on Job stress of secondary school teachers of Davangere district, data was collected by selecting 50 high stressed Government and Private secondary school teachers through random sampling technique. Tools used for the collection of the data are Job stress test by Meena Buddhisagar Rathod and Madulika Varma (2011) and SIM prepared and developed by the researcher was used in the study. Experimental method of research with single group experimental design was used. Analysis was done using independent “t” test and dependent “t” test with respect to pre-test and post-test Job stress scores. And the findings were, there was a significant effect on decreasing the job stress of teachers of secondary schools, post-test scores is significantly higher in teachers of rural secondary schools as compared to urban secondary school, Job Stress is higher in teachers of Private schools when compared with teachers of Government secondary schools. The post-test job stress is higher in females as compared to male teachers of secondary schools.
