Gender as a Determining Element of Burnout Among Secondary School Teachers: A Study of B.Ed Multimode Students of IASE, Mizoram

Abstract

This study aims to investigate burnout among secondary male and female teachers in Mizoram. The subject of the study comprised of the B.Ed multimode students of Institute of Advanced Studies in Education (IASE) and data were collected among a sample of 140 trainees. The study adopted descriptive survey method and the tool used was Teacher’s Burnout Scale (TBS-GRMS) developed and standardized by Prof. Mandhu Gupta and Ms. Surekha Rani. From the result no significant difference was found in burnout among male and female B.Ed Multimode students the B.Ed multimode students. The study suggests that many reasons like good institutional support, good relationship among colleagues, collegiality and favorable institutional climate can contribute to the absence of gender difference burnout among teachers.