Exploring Causes of Teachers’ Burnout at The Higher Secondary Level in District Peshawar

Abstract

The objective of this research is to explore the perceptions of teachers regarding teachers’ burnout at higher secondary school level, so phenomenological design of research is applied. The population for this study was all subject specialist in district Peshawar from which only 20-subject specialists were selected conveniently through the use of convenient sampling technique. A self-developed semi-structured interview guide is taken as a tool for conduction of interviews and collection of qualitative data which is analyzed thematically for getting results. The presence of burnout teachers at higher secondary school level in district Peshawar is revealed from the results as a result of various reasons that are access responsibilities of teachers, lack of administrative support and poor working conditions. From the findings and conclusion of this study, it may be recommended that workload may be effectively managed through the inclusion, induction and hiring of more teaching staff at higher secondary school level as well as teachers at higher secondary school level may be made free from administrative tasks and assignments. It may also be recommended that working conditions may be made effective through the provision of required resources and improvement in infrastructure.