Jobstress of Teachers Working In Special Schools

Special school is a school catering for students who have special educational needs due to serve learning difficulties, physical disabilities or behavioural problems. Special schools may be specifically designed, staffed and resourced to provide appropriate special education for children with additional needs. A Special school is a school for children who have some kind of serious physical or mental problem.The present study examines the job stress of teachers working in special schools. The sample of the study comprised of 156 special school teachers working in aided and private special schools in Tirunelveli district, Tamilnadu. Simple random method was used to select the sample from the population.Survey method was used to collect data. The findings revealed that there is significant difference in job stress of teachers working in special schools with regard to locality of special school teachers, qualification and work experience of special school teachers.