Teaching is not merely imparting of knowledge and skills but it is an attempt to modify the behaviour of the child and to bring out the overall development of their personality. The student's character and conduct, their attitude and values are to a great extent, influenced by the teacher's own personality their values and attitude. Government and the society should ensure whether the teachers are taking full interest in their work and discharging their responsibilities to the maximum of their abilities. Therefore, such conditions are needed to be created and an environment to be provided in educational institutions that permits a teacher to enjoy at least a moderate degree of job satisfaction. It is therefore most essential of educational institutions to find the degree of job satisfaction experienced by the teachers.

The whole system of school education in India, comprised of three different types of schools: (1) Government schools. (2) Government-aided schools. (3) Unaided schools or private schools.

Within the limited time period and on the basis of available literature, the investigator could not find a single study that compares the job satisfaction of the teachers of the three types of schools mentioned above. So it becomes very essential to know whether there exists any difference in the level of job satisfaction enjoyed by these three groups of teachers. And if it exists, what are the bases on which they differ in the level of their respective job satisfaction.