Elizabath

Elizabath

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  LITERATURE REVIEW Ofthe 21-million disabled population of the country 12 million are children. So the trained special educators and their commitment to this profession is very important. The country has around 3200 registered special schools. Special teaching has been traditionally viewed as a high-stressed occupation.
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  Special schools forchildren with special needs spread the idea of “Education for All and equal Opportunities of Education”. Special teachers experience stress due to the heavy work load, the behavior of the pupil, class size or overcrowding, structure of the school, lack of promotion prospects, unsatisfactory working conditions, ambiguity of the teacher’s role, and job insecurity .
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  Though the specialeducation teachers enjoy the challenge of working with students with disabilities, the work also can be emotionally and physically draining. Many special education teachers are under considerable stress due to heavy workloads and administrative tasks.
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  The physical andemotional demands of the job especially handling children with multiple disability cause some special education teachers to leave the occupation.
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  OBJECTIVE To studythe occupational stress and the job satisfaction among special educators.
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  RESEARCH DESIGN Specialeducators in Ernakulam district are taken as the universe of the study. Eight special schools are selected using Lottery method and 60 respondents from the schools were selected by applying systematic random sampling.
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  FINDINGS From thisstudy it is evident that 64 % of the respondents have low job satisfaction because of Low salary Job insecurity Monotonous This study reveals that 36% of the respondents experiences occupational stress.
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