Mental Health of Student Teachers in Relation to Intelligence:A Descriptive Survey

This study emerged due to the changing role of teachers. Today teachers aspire to be seen as experts and professionals with intelligent mind. Modern teaching is not related to what a teacher knows but with what a teacher is. So this condition has made it mandatory for teachers to be mentally healthy. The objectives of study were to find out relationship between mental health and intelligence of student teachers and to find out mean difference between intelligence of student teachers with high, average and low level of mental health. To achieve objectives, the sample of 500 student teachers was taken from all educational colleges affiliated to Punjab University Chandigarh. The test of Mental Health Inventory by Srivastava and Jagdish (1983) and Group test of mental ability by Jalota (1972) was used to measure mental health and intelligence. Descriptive analysis like mean, median, mode and Pearson's correlation and t-values were calculated. A significant relationship was found between mental health and intelligence of student teachers. No significant difference was found in the intelligence of high and average level of mental health, but difference was found in intelligence at average and low level of mental health. This study is very useful for educationists and administrators to make a change in their admission policy so that students with sound mental health may enter this profession and can perform their duties honestly towards society.