Open AccessA Study on the Attitude of the Hindu and Christian Secondary School Teachers of Malda and Murshidabad Districts, West Bengal, India towards Yoga Education in Schools in Relation to their Mental Health
Author(s) -
MD. Afsar Ali
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
asian review of social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2249-6319
DOI - 10.51983/arss-2020.9.1.1612
Subject(s) - hinduism , west bengal , significant difference , government (linguistics) , faith , bengal , stratified sampling , relation (database) , mental health , medicine , social science , psychology , sociology , geography , socioeconomics , psychiatry , religious studies , theology , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology , bay , database , computer science , pathology
This is a study on the attitude of the secondary school teachers towards yoga education in schools in relation to their religious belief and mental health. Stratified purposeful sampling method was used. A significant difference in attitude towards yoga education was observed at 0.01 level between Hindu and Christian secondary school teachers of Malda and Murshidabad districts, West Bengal, India. The Hindu teachers possessing better mental health show better attitude towards yoga education in comparison to their Christian counterpart. The male teachers of government schools from Hindu vs. Christian religious faith show significant difference in attitude towards yoga education than their female counterpart. No significant difference in attitude towards yoga education in schools was observed between the male and female private school teachers of Malda district. However, the reverse is true for Murshidabad district.