Mental Health Among Government and Private School Employees

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the mental health of government and private school employees. The mental health questionnaire (MHQ) by Dr. Ashwin Jansari Dr. Harkant D. Badami and Dr.(smt) Charulata H. Badami was used to collect the data. The sample constitutes total 120 school employees out of which 60 were from government school employees (30 male and 30 female) and 60 from private school employees (30 male and 30 female). The data was collected from Sabarkantha district. The data was scored, analyzed as per the manual. ’F’ test was being calculated. The result showed that 1. There is significant difference in the mean score of mental health among the government and private school teacher employees. The private school employees have a good mental health than government school employees 2. There is no significant difference in the mean score of mental health among the government and private school teacher employees. 3. There is no significant difference in the interactive effect of the mean score of mental health with regards to the level of sector and gender.