A STUDY OF JOB SATISFACTION OF TEACHERS WORKING IN SELF-FINANCED TEACHER EDUCATION COLLEGES.

Satisfaction is the biggest thing in our life. The person, who is satisfied with his/her life, is a successful person. Satisfaction does not mean to have too much money or to have too much material things but it deals with feeling of harmony with life. Job satisfaction is the state of feelings towards the job undertaken by an employee either positively or negatively. Job Satisfaction is often seen as involving Teachers with salary, promotion in job, school environment and co-ordination and co-operation among teachers and among teachers and students. Descriptive survey method was used to conduct a pilot study to determine the level of job satisfaction amongst teachers working at self-financed Teacher Education Colleges located at Faridabad district of Haryana state in India. The population of the present study comprised of the 120 Teachers working in self-financed Teacher Education Colleges located at Faridabad district. Meera Dixit?s Job Satisfaction Questionnaire was used to collect data. The findings of the study show that majority of teachers of Self-financed Teacher Education Colleges were found at average and at below average level of job satisfaction. A significant difference was found between the male and the female teachers of self-financed Teacher Education Colleges with respect to their job satisfaction. The female teachers of self-financed Teacher Education Colleges were found to be more satisfied with their jobs in comparison to their counterpart, the male teachers of self-financed Teacher Education Colleges.