STRESS IN RELATION TO EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE, AMONG THE TEACHERS IN THE GOVERNMENT SECTOR IN PALAKKAD-KERALA

Abstract

Palakkad is the seat of a number of Public & Private Schools in, Kerala. In now-a- days society where industrialization and technology became part of everyday life, teachers face higher stress too. But it is acknowledged fact that society has put a very crucial responsibility on the shoulders of the teachers as considering them the entity who have to shape the students in such a way that they would be able to deal with the new challenges of the modern world. Therefore, teachers can be considered as much stressed people. Therefore, stress among teachers is due to many factors and such factors are known as stressors. Teachers and students work best in a comfortable inviting environment. Thus, present study concerned with the effects of stress among the teachers in relation to emotional competence,  of the government school teachers in palakkad district in kerala.