Assessment of Teachers’ Commitment in Improving Students’ Academic Performances: A Comparison of Public and Private Secondary Schools in Babati Town Council, Tanzania.

Shao, Pius M. (2021) Assessment of Teachers’ Commitment in Improving Students’ Academic Performances: A Comparison of Public and Private Secondary Schools in Babati Town Council, Tanzania. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The study assessed the status and extent of commitment of both private and public secondary school teachers, identified factors influencing commitment levels between private and public secondary school teachers, examined the role of school administrators for both private and public secondary schools towards raising teachers’ commitment, investigated the implication of teachers’ commitment on students’ academic performances and explored measures needed to intensify teachers’ commitment in the study area. The study was guided by Meyer and Allen Theory. The study involved a sample size of 194 respondents, comprising 120 teachers, 8 heads of schools, 18 parents and 48 students. The respondents were obtained through random and purposive sampling procedures. The study used mixed method approach. Questionnaires, interviews and focus group discussions were employed to collect data. Quantitative data were analysed using SPSS and Microsoft Excel, while qualitative data were analysed using thematic analysis. The results revealed that teachers from public secondary schools were less committed than those of private schools. The identified factors for low commitment were low salaries to meet monthly living costs, delayed payment of salaries, uncertainty of salary increments as per contract, mismatch between salaries and academic qualifications, absence of additional payments for extra time work and absence of relevant allowances. It concluded that teachers’ commitment was generally low particularly in public secondary schools in relation to students’ academic performance. It recommends that various measures be taken to motivate teachers ‘commitment including the increase of salaries so that the salaries should reflect the actual living costs, timely and regular promotions, payments for overtime work. Keywords: Private, public secondary school teachers, commitment levels

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