A Study of High School Teacher’s Mental Health in the Tiruvanamalai District

Teaching is being considered as one of the noblest profession since ancient times. With the changing
socioeconomic scenario and increasing unemployment, the values of teachers' and their professional
concern with the job have forcibly undergone a drastic change which adversely affects their mental
health. The level of mental health of a teacher has been found affected with numerous personal as well as
professional demands. Health of teachers, on social, physical and mental health domains adds to the
efficiency not only to their professional growth and development but also to their personality. Moreover,
they have also been considered as the constructors of the future of a country. Keeping these facts into the
consideration, present study aimed to access the level of personal mental health of Qualification and
Teaching Experience High school teachers. For this multi stage random sampling technique was adopted.
150 teachers were drawn randomly from 20 randomly selected High schools of Tiruvannamalai district,
Tamil Nadu State.. This survey research leads us to conclusion that Qualification and Teaching
Experience affect the mental health.