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Teacher stress and burnout have been extensively studied and have been related to the overall mental health of the teachers. The perceived stress and feeling of burnout can be more at the times of unexpected situational demands. The purpose of this research is to study the perceived stress and burnout in teachers in India in online teaching during the time of Pandemic CO VID 19. This is a survey research design conducted on 194 teachers across different cities in India engaged in online teaching after the pandemic. Online data collection was done for the month of August 2020 using Google Forms with items of Perceived Stress Scale and Masłach Burnout Inventory (ES). Descriptive statistical analysis was done and it was found that 13% had high levels and 66% had moderate levels of stress respectively. Also, 14% and 31 % were found to have high and moderate emotional exhaustion respectively and 11 % and 25% had high and moderate levels of depersonalisation respectively. It was also found that about 99% reported high levels of personal accomplishment. The research can be conducted on a larger population with correlation analysis for generalising results. The scores do indicate a timely intervention for the stress and burnout in the teachers.

Keywords', perceived stress, teacher stress, occupational burnout, teacher burnout

Stress

Called "the Health Epidemic of the 21st century" by the World Health Organization, stress can have drastic effects on the mental and physical health of individuals (Fink, 2017). Stress may be ideated differently by different people, although one of the most common definitions may be "a condition of feeling inexperienced when a person perceives that demands exceed the personal and social resources the individual is able to mobilize" (American Institute of Stress [AIS], n.d.).

The first definition of stress in terms of psychology was defined by Hans Selye, which defines stress as the non-specific response of the body to any demand. Selye emphasized that the continued use of this definition would be the most suitable, and argues that stress is unlike other biological responses such as emotional arousal or nervous tension. Selye also noted that stress is natural and inevitable and "indeed, it cannot be avoided" (Fink, 2017).

Cox (1978) defined stress in terms of 1) the characteristics of...

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