Crushing workload at schools is causing more Japanese teachers to crumble from chronic depression soranews24.com

▼ “All I want is to teach.”Elementary school teachers made up the largest group of the 5,077 who took breaks from teaching, coming in at 2,333 compared to 1,384 for junior high school teachers.
The number of high school teachers taking a depression-related leave of absence was were significantly less at 742, and special needs teachers last at 612.
33 percent of these overworked teachers took respites of six months or less, while 13 percent were so burnt out that they took extended breaks for more than two years.
“Teachers are currently suffering from chronic depression due to the intense workload required by schools.
Leave the club activities to sports experts and let teachers teach.” “We used to make fun of junior high school teachers during club activities.