A Study on Happiness and Peace of Mind of Educators Working in the Basic Education Department Uttar Pradesh

Abstract

In the modern competitive era maintaining life with peace of mind and feeling of happiness is highly difficult task for anyone because of fulfilling social desires, professional demands, personal responsibilities and individual’s needs and others expectations. Everyone experiences stress and pain differentially. In the last few years Government of India (GOI) and Government of Uttar Pradesh has started paying emphasis on improving quality of basic education through initiatives like Mission PRERNA and NIPUN Bharat Mission. DIET lecturers and school teachers are an important part to meet the objectives of this mission. Keeping this in view the current study aims to explore level of happiness and peace of mind of school teachers and DIET lecturers. In this study total number of 165 school teachers and DIET lecturers of Uttar Pradesh were enrolled for data collection using four self-report questionnaires of Oxford Happiness questionnaire and Peace of Mind. The data were analyzed by using descriptive analysis and t- test through SPSS. As per the results, Mean score of happiness of school teachers were 3.26 while DIET lecturers were 2.56. The t test score (5.289, p > 0.01) shows significant diference between levels of happiness among school teachers and DIET Lecturers. School teachers reported experiencing higher levels of happiness than DIET lecturers. Furthermore, the mean score of peace of mind (PoM) for school teachers was 19.40, while DIET lecturers scored 18.53, indicating a difference in their experiences. However, the t-test score (0.548, p < 0.05) reveals no significant difference between the two groups. Despite this, school teachers generally report a greater sense of peace of mind compared to DIET lecturers. One possible reason for this could be the nature of the roles and responsibilities assigned i.e. DIET need to perform varied tasks related to administration, teaching and curriculum development.