Academic stress and teaching competency of school teachers: A comparative study

Teaching is not a very simple job as been usually understood in normal educational settings. The teaching profession is a highly responsible and requires an ultimate commitment towards the job. A teacher has to be abreast with the changing needs and requirements of the society. The teacher has a pivotal role to play while performing the duty of teaching. The finding of the study exposed that academic stress and teaching competency negatively correlated each other. But, the level of academic stress were moderate level so, the policy makers, government and stakeholders give more attention to reduces academic stress of the teachers.