SATISFACTION OF TEACHERS TOWARDS PROVISIONS OF RTE ACT IN INDIA

Teachers constitute a significant position in the entire educational system. They play a vital role in the educational development and educational reforms in the country. Therefore, for making the educational policies, programs, and the system to be successful, the school¿s work culture and subsequently teachers¿ job satisfaction is of cardinal importance. Thus, the most pertinent question that comes forward is whether teachers are satisfied with their profession? Whether their service conditions and policies adequately provide them with professional satisfaction? In order to attain educational goals and to enhance the educational outcome, the dire need is to analyze the overall job satisfaction of teachers, keeping socio-economic, psychological, and administrative aspects of the problem in view. This book is an attempt to make a comparative study of job satisfaction of government schools¿ teachers with that of private schools¿ teachers to ascertain their level of job satisfaction. The central focus of this article is to analyze the job satisfaction of teachers with special reference to the norms of RTE.