Abstract:
School teachers are the most important team of professional for our nation’s future.
Currently teachersare strategically offering the servicesto satisfy the students dueto their
remuneration. The concept of Job satisfaction of the teachers in government schools in
Sammanthurai is relatively new. There was a need to know as to how the teachers are
satisfied on their jobs in Sammanthurai Zone. There are three divisions in different grade
schools. The purpose of this study is to investigate the major factors that are highly
influencing on the job satisfaction among the teachers of government schools in
Sammanthurai Educational Zone, Ampara district of Sri Lanka. A self-administered
the questionnaire was carried out on respondents to collect the raw data. Descriptive and
correlational survey designs were used, this considers a sample of 270 respondents who
are teaching in the government schools in Sammanthurai Educational Zone, Ampara
district using a probability random sampling. Collected data were analyzed by using the
Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 16.0. The findings revealed that the Nature
of the work was the number one cited factor highly influencing job satisfaction followed
by Working Environment, Opportunities for promotion, Remuneration, Relationship with
Co-workers and Work Supervision respectively. The study found there was a positive
relationship between the Nature of the work, Remuneration, Opportunities for promotion and
Working Environment with the Job Satisfaction. Also, there was a negative relationship
between Relationship with Coworkers and Work Supervision. The head of the department
should consider the above factors to retain the teachers with satisfaction.
