Job satisfaction of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe teachers at secondary level

In teaching-learning process, a teacher is an indispensable component without which teaching-learning process would be futile. If teacher does not get satisfaction on his job then the whole teaching-learning process cannot proceed smoothly. A large number of teachers in present day are not satisfied with their profession. Job Satisfaction is a primary requisite for any successful teaching-learning process. If the teachers attain satisfaction towards their teaching, they will be in position to satisfy the educational objectives. The present study was conducted to enquire the Job Satisfaction on randomly selected 374 Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe teachers at Secondary level in West Bengal. It was found that there was a significant difference in Job Satisfaction of Scheduled caste and Scheduled Tribe Secondary level teachers. The Scheduled Caste Secondary level male teachers are significantly different from the Scheduled Caste Secondary level female teachers in respect to the Job Satisfaction. But the Scheduled Tribe Secondary level male teachers are not significantly different from the Scheduled Tribe Secondary level female teachers in respect to the Job Satisfaction. The present study also reveals that the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Secondary level rural teachers, Arts teachers and serving own district teachers are not significantly different from the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Secondary level urban teachers, Science teachers and Serving Other District teachers in respect to the Job Satisfaction.