COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BURNOUT OF RURAL AND URBAN PRIMARY TEACHERS OF VARANASI

The present study is an investigation to find out the difference between rural and urban primary teachers of Varanasi with regard to their burnout. ?Burnout Inventory? by Menon, Dutt & Dhir (2008) was administered for the purpose of data collection. The sample consisted of 50 urban & 50 rural primary teachers of government schools of Varanasi. The statistical techniques used were the Mean, S.D. and t-test. The finding of the present study revealed that in the Emotional Exhaustion dimension, no significant difference was found at 0.05 level of confidence. On the Depersonalization and Lack of Personal Accomplishment dimensions significant differences were found at 0.05 level of confidence showing that the difference between the means of rural and urban teachers is quite high.