IMPACT OF WORK LIFE BALANCE OF TEACHERS DURING COVID 19 PANDEMIC ON TEACHER DEMAND AND SUPPLY

In a post pandemic Covid-19 school environment, it requires immense struggle for teachers to establish Work Life Balance. It is also high time to redefine the forces of demand and supply in teacher labor market in the light of new normal paradigm shifts in school organizational make up. The present paper analyses various factors affecting Work Life Balance and latest trends in teacher labor market. In a completely changed academic environment which was resulted in Work Life Conflicts, teacher demand and supply has taken new shapes and structures. A mixed method approach was adopted to conduct the study using interview schedule and questionnaire.100 teachers working in government, aided and private schools in Kerala and 30 academic administrators constitute the sample. The results showed that there are significant changes in Work Life Balance and those changes influenced the characteristics of key determinants in teacher labor market.

Examining the Teacher Labor Market in Different Rural Contexts: Variations by Urbanicity and Rural States

Using repeated cross-sectional nationally representative data, we demonstrate how the teacher labor markets for rural contexts are different from those in urban-suburban areas. We also show that teacher attrition is not uniform across various rural settings. In particular, novice teachers in rural schools in sparsely populated states are more likely to turn over than novice teachers in urban-suburban schools in sparsely populated states. We also examine how teacher and school characteristics are associated with turnover in different rural contexts. The findings indicate there should be a concerted effort to examine teacher attrition in various rural contexts and not simply as delineation from urban-suburban areas.