Understanding Stressors of School Teachers in Nepal

This chapter investigates the key factors that contribute to job-related stress of educators with a focus on schoolteachers in Nepal. Due to the dearth of knowledge in the Nepalese setting, the study was initiated to understand the sources of stress in teachers of private and public schools in Nepal through a qualitative paradigm. For this study, an open-ended question set was administered online through Google forms, and 250 participants responded to the question set. Thematic analysis was employed to analyze the data, and stressors that led to the overall stress of schoolteachers were identified and organized around five overarching themes, which include: (1) student behavior and class dynamics; (2) financial and social rewards; (3) excessive workload; (4) administration and management stress; and (5) colleagues and parents of students. This paper begins with a review of existing knowledge exploring the stress outside of Nepal, followed by the research methodology, including the data collection approach, sampling strategy, and data analysis. This chapter then discusses the sources of stressors escalating the stress of schoolteachers. This chapter concludes with the highlights of the implications of the study, followed by the conclusion.