Professional exhaustion among Teachers- A study on Burnout

Burnouts among teachers have always been a serious concern. As per the opinion provided by Roloff and Brown, (2011), “An educator who is experiencing burnout has low morale, low self-esteem, and is physically exhausted”. The experiences of burnout have outlasted several generations. With every passing year, new ideas are strategized to lessen the physical and mental fatigue/exhaustion caused due to professional hazards among teachers. However, the occurrence of professional burnouts seems to escalate with every passing year. Introduction of new plans, rules and regulations for teachers inevitably creates more burnouts among teachers. Several such cases of dissatisfaction among teachers have been recorded in the world of academia. Irrespective of the fact that only teachers belonging to the strata of higher education face burnouts, teachers at the primary as well the tertiary level of education face it. However, discussing from the view point of distress faced by teachers, the latest definition of teachers‟ burnout was designed by Roloff and Brown (2011). According to the researchers, “Burnout is a type of psychological distress - a chronic negative psychological condition that results as day-to-day work stressors take their toll on educators”. Estimating the amount of damage caused by the burnout, it becomes imperative to overtly discuss the causes, preventions and other necessary aspects of teachers‟ burnout.