Emotional Burnout of Secondary School Teachers Working in Southern Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A Comparative Study

Abstract

Current study was conducted to compare as well as assessing the level of emotional burnout among SSTs of southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa considering demographics which included gender, locality and marital status.  For the assessment of emotional burnout of SSTs, the study was carried out using “Teacher’s Emotional Burnout Inventory-TEBI”. The inventory was validated using Exploratory Factor Analysis and also through face and content validity. The inventory was also made reliable using Cronbach alpha technique. Skewness and Kurtosis were also used for normality of data. The population of the study consisted of all SSTs working in Southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The tool was circulated among selected Secondary School Teachers. As a result of this distribution, the data from respondents was analysed using SPSS (Version 25.0). Three null hypotheses were also devised and accordingly tested. The data analysis revealed that all together, burnout level among SST teachers of southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was moderate. On emotional burnout, no significant differences were found pertaining to gender, locality and marital status of SSTs. Various recommendations including increase in pay and allowances, convince and medical facilities, along with trainings regarding coping and diminishing stress and burnout were made on the basis of data analysis.