Job Satisfaction of Secondary School Teachers in the Kingdom of Bahrain from their Point of View

Abstract

The study aimed at identifying the degree of job satisfaction of high schools teachers in Bahrain from their point of view. The study sample consisted of (178) teachers in (14) schools for girls and boys in the Kingdom of Bahrain. To answer the study questions, the researcher developed a questionnaire. It consisted of (45) items that were divided into (6) domains. The results of the study showed that the job satisfaction which were applied by teachers in high schools in Bahrain were as follows: Time domain, self esteem, the headmaster, work and responsibility, attitudes towards work, motivations and the salary. There were statistically significant differences in the status of the gender in all of the domains in favor of female except in two domains: work and responsibility, self average. There weren’t statistically significant differences in the status of the experience in all of the domains in favor of the experience between (10-14years). There weren’t statistically significant differences in the status of educational qualification in all domains. Also, the results showed the teacher’s feelings of dissatisfactions towards motivations, salary, and the load of the school subjects. In the light of the results, the researcher recommended some recommendation that would improve teaching aspects of secondary school teachers in the Kingdom of Bahrain that it is necessary to decrease the load of the school subjects in the secondary stage, and necessary to develop a motivation system and increase the teacher’s salary, and adopt different kinds of training programs to focus on the importance of teaching and the role of the teachers in the society’s progress and prosperity. The researcher hopes that these recommendations will be highly considered and benefit education policy planners in Bahrain for the purpose of improving work aspects in teaching.