ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 4

Job satisfaction of secondary school teachers in district Panchkula (Haryana)

  • Author:
  • Balbir Kumar
  • Total Page Count: 13
  • Page Number: 116 to 128

Department of Evening Studies, Multi Disciplinary Research Centre, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

Online published on 3 June, 2015.

Abstract

Education of people plays a crucial role in releasing creativity. It enables them to meet the complex challenges of the world. Teaching influences vitally the lives of the future citizens. In the modern times, school teachers are facing large number of problems such as: Teachers are often busy with many non-teaching functions like: take participation in national censuses, work as polling officers and maintain discipline in the schools but, they are paid low salaries, job benefits and retirement benefits. Overcrowded classrooms, declining social status, shortage of teaching and non-teaching staff and lectures adjustments in the school are the major problems of the school education, which needs an adequate attention of the social scientists. The present paper aims to explore these issues. The paper has been divided in to four parts. Part-I deals with the introduction, objectives, hypothesis and research methodology. Part-II discusses about the perception of the teachers. Part-III reveals the major findings and hypothesis testing. Part-IV discusses about the suggestions and conclusion.

Keywords

ICT, Satisfaction, Secondary Schools, Teachers, Education