Author
Jasell C. Lara*
Cebu Technological University – Main Campus, Cebu City, Philippines
Abstract
Teachers worldwide continue to face increasing emotional and professional demands, making the study of emotional burnout timely and significant. The findings determined and compared the level of emotional burnout among public and private school teachers in Tubigon West District, Tubigon, Bohol during the School Year 2025–2026, as a basis for the development of an action plan. The study was conducted at among public and private school teachers in Tubigon West District, Tubigon, Bohol, with purposive sampling method to over 50 teacher respondents. It employed an adapted questionnaire. The research design involved a descriptive-comparative research design. The following statistical treatments were used: simple percentage, while weighted mean, and the t-test. The findings revealed that respondents were mostly younger, female classroom teachers with varying teaching experience and generally engaged in graduate studies, with balanced representation from public and private schools. Results showed that teachers occasionally experience emotional exhaustion, rarely exhibit depersonalization, and consistently demonstrate a strong sense of personal accomplishment in their work. Moreover, no significant difference was found in emotional burnout between public and private school teachers, indicating comparable experiences across both groups. Teachers also reported occasional emotional burnout linked to workload demands such as paperwork, lesson planning, and classroom instruction, though these challenges were generally moderate and not persistent. Based on these findings, the proposed action plan is recommended for adoption to further amplify the strategies in dealing emotional burnout among public and private school teachers.
Keywords: Administration and supervision, emotional burnout, action plan, descriptive-comparative, Bohol, Philippines.
*Corresponding author / Email: Jasell.lara@deped.gov.ph
DOI: http://doi.org/10.69651/PIJHSS05031473
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Lara, J. C. (2026). Emotional burnout among public and private school teachers in Tubigon West District, Bohol: A comparative analysis. Pantao (International Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences) 5 (3), 3498-3512. http://doi.org/10.69651/PIJHSS05031473
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