Job Satisfaction of Teachers in Private Schools in Kathmandu Valley

Abstract

Mostly, job satisfactions, her status in family, working environment, attitudes of male towards female either working male colleagues of others etc are the focus of the analysis through which our social constructions are evaluated. The aim of this paper is to explore how the social construction, social environment are determining factors for the satisfaction of job for women in Nepalese context. The huge number of unemployed population has high academic qualification. It is found that the people who are doing in private service sector feels the mental pressure and due to this reason discontinue of job may be caused. In case of government job, both

male and female teachers are found satisfied with this permanent job but dissatisfied with the very poor salary. Job security is the important criteria for female in most of the studies, but found stronger masculine pole empirically due to the insecurity in job. Economic, environmental, social and personal reasons were found the satisfaction and dissatisfaction of job in private school of Kathmandu valley.

The recruitment process is unfair that preference, preferentialism and aafno manche are very mutual phenomena that found in the selection process through viva voce in primary education, so dissatisfied both male and female candidates of teachers. Another factor of dissatisfaction of teachers is through posting or placement and teachers were found posted in their localities in government school, but it is not applied in private school. In conclusion job satisfaction is complex phenomena that cannot be studied with single perspectives and it differs from individual to society and circumstances.