• Smt. K. Prathima Devi
• Prof. P. Renuka

Teaching is society’s most valuable occupation. It is the one profession that focuses energy and attention on our most precious resources - children and youth. Teachers have the opportunity to influence the lives of individuals regardless of their ethnicity, cultural background, socioeconomic status, or ability level. The objectives of the present study include working conditions, importance of supervision and satisfaction related to pay and allowances etc. in residential schools. Career contentment consists of total body of feeling about the nature of job promotion, nature of supervision etc. that an individual has about his job. The dependent variable includes career contentment, while independent variables include type of management, locality, medium, qualification and designation etc. The study adopted a descriptive survey method of research by the researcher is explanatory in nature. An opinionnaire was constructed and standardised and then administered. The researcher has given the scores Yes, No and Can’t Say to the responses. Five government and two private were randomly selected. The present study is limited to teachers alone working in residential schools in government and private mode. For the present investigation the sample consists of 125 teachers working in Government and Private residential secondary schools in Visakhapatnam district selected at random sampling method. For analyzing the data, frequency, mean, Standard deviation t -value were implemented to testify hypothesis. Major findings of this study are there is no significant difference between medium wise, age wise, qualification wise, Designation wise, experience wise, working with colleagues to that of school working conditions of residential teachers.

Career Contentment, Cultural Background, Supervision, Designation

"Career Contentment in Government and Private Residential Secondary Teachers in Visakhapatnam District", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 6, page no.i873-i882, June-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2306898.pdf

"Career Contentment in Government and Private Residential Secondary Teachers in Visakhapatnam District", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 6, page no. ppi873-i882, June-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2306898.pdf