COVID-19: College teachers in psychological distress

Teachers in the college sector in Gaspé are no exception to some colleagues from the rest of Quebec who develop stress and anxiety due to COVID-19.

Two months after the start of the school year, a survey carried out by the National Federation of Teachers of Quebec shows that certain measures introduced to provide lessons to students are increasing the workload of teachers.

The Vice-President of the group, Yves de Repentigny, underlines that the teachers’ workload has doubled at certain levels:

Among other things, 67% of respondents state that it takes twice as long to prepare for lessons and 52% of them state that the supervision of students has increased in the same way.

As a result, the teaching staff developed a lot of stress and anxiety. The survey indicates that professors are nervous most of the time in a proportion of 33% and sometimes desperate in 43% of the cases.

Yves de Repentigny specifies that at the end of the day, nearly a quarter of teachers suffer from psychological distress:

To remedy the situation, the federation suggests several avenues, including the hiring of additional staff:

The survey was conducted among 2,400 college teachers.