OCCUPATIONAL CHALLENGES FACED BY SPECIAL SCHOOL TEACHERS

Abstract

Since the time immemorial, education has been playing key role in making human beings and shaping the civilizations. Our country has a huge resource of the ideas and knowledge to share with the world. Since the ancient civilizations in our country, education has immensely created a profound impact in shaping of the behaviour of the individuals as well as making the civilizations. The teaching profession is one of the helping professions in which practitioners are normally committed to giving their best for the welfare of those entrusted in their care. While the commitment is laudable, the consequences can be detrimental when the job demands overshadow the individual's coping resources, as well as the job rewards; thus leaving the practitioner feeling unhappy and unable to perform well (Hayward, 1991). The role of the teacher in the educational process is pivotal because, of all the human factors in the educational process, the teachers occupy the key position and it is only through their key role the whole education system is regulated and ultimate goal is achieved.