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Stress is a summation of effects on all non-specific biological experience extracted by difficulty and unpleasant exterior pleasures. One can feel it when he/she is confronted with a difficult and unavoidable situation. Stress in teaching profession restraints the quality of the teachers and the same creates a misery in the minds of the teachers due to heavy workload, multiple roles, changes in educational policy, inspection regime, continous professional growth and demands and high expectations from the teacher. Hence this study is performed to understand the factors causing stress among teachers and its effects on the education system, health and quality of life and thereby providing some suggestive measures for stress management. Teaching is a noble, prestigious and a responsible profession where the life and future of the students is dependent upon the performance of the teacher. Therefore, the teachers are the most valued assets of the country. They need to be competent as well as possess a good mental health. But today the increasing expectations from the teachers in performing the multiple tasks at institutional levels has paved the way for stress which has adverse effect on their mental health and performance. This directly affects the knowledge level of the students and may have far-reaching consequences on the entire education system. Hence, a descriptive analytical method using secondary sources of data from published books, journals and websites have been undertaken to understand the factors causing stress among teachers and its effect on their mental health and the education system and thereby recommending some suggestive measures.