Job Satisfaction of Public Primary School Teachers in Bangladesh: A Case Study in Sherpur District

Abstract

This study aims at investigating the level of job satisfaction among the
public primary school teachers of Bangladesh based on teachers’ sex, marital status,
academic discipline, academic result and experience. Data have been collected
randomly from 96 teachers of Sherpur District through a structured questionnaire.
Among the respondents 63% is female while 37% is male. Data have been analysed
by using SPSS 11.5 version. This research has revealed that the teachers who are
female, the teachers who are married, the teachers who have academic result up to
moderate, the teachers whose academic discipline is humanities, and also the
teachers whose experience is more than five years are satisfied with their job in the
domain of public primary schools in Bangladesh. In addition, it has been found that
the purchasing power of public primary school teachers’ is lowering slowly but
surely, and now socio-economically they are in a deplorable situation compared to
the previous years.