The Analysis of Motive Behind Teacher’s Retention with Empirical Evidence from Namtumbo District.

Luyagwa, Fatuma Hassan (2021) The Analysis of Motive Behind Teacher’s Retention with Empirical Evidence from Namtumbo District. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The purpose of the study was to analyse the motives behind teacher’s retention with empirical evidence from Namtumbo District. The study employed qualitative and quantitative approach. The purposive and stratified samplings were used to obtain 56 respondents. The respondents included District Human Resource Officer, District Educational Officer, District Teachers Service Commission Officer, District Teachers Trade Union Secretary, Ward Educational Coordinators and Teachers. Data collected through interviews and document search. The findings revealed that, there are several issues which affect retention of teachers in public schools in Tanzania. Major issues affecting retention of teachers in public schools are scarcity of job in other sector and job security in public schools is very high. The findings also established other issues such as presence of incentives, paying salary on time, improvement of working condition, married, age, level of education, family background and fear/lack of confidence are among the issues affecting retention of teachers in Tanzanian public schools. Conclusion drawn from the research is that, retention of teachers in public schools needs high cooperation and it can be achieved through collective efforts between teachers, parents, society, community and other educational stakeholders by increasing teachers’ salary, promotion on time, improvement of working and living condition, reducing teachers work load, presence of annual increment, presence of incentives and motivation, provision of enough grants on time and awareness to the society and students. Keywords: Teacher’s retention, empirical evidence, public schools, Namtumbo District.

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