Abstract

This limited-range study is undertaken in 43 primary school teachers who attended the “Tuition on School Health” organized periodically by the Ministry of National Education in August 2000 to determine and classify their levels of burnout. It was revealed that the study cohort scored highest with regard to insensitivity and lowest with regard to emotional burnout. Factors such as age, gender, the institution they got their degrees from, tenure, number of off-springs, average number of students in the classroom did not seem to influence the level of burnout. On the other hand, marital status; the reason why they chose the profession or why they keep on being a teacher; whether or not they feel the profession was right for them, they were happy of their work environment, they were appreciated by their superiors, they thought their profession had a well-deserved place in the opinion of the population and they were contented about the educational system do affect the level of burnout. Additionally, it is observed that insensitivity and personal successes of the cohort were influenced by different parameters and varied independently.

Key words: Teacher burnout, primary education