The Influence of Working Conditions on Public Primary Schools Teachers’ Motivation in Maswa District Council, Tanzania

Majura, Jackson (2023) The Influence of Working Conditions on Public Primary Schools Teachers’ Motivation in Maswa District Council, Tanzania. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The study examined the influence of working conditions on public primary schools teachers’ motivation in Maswa District Council,in Tanzania. Specifically, the study examined the working condition of primary school teachers, the working motivation of primary school teachers, and the influence of working condition to their working motivation. Data were collected through questionnaire survey and semi-structured interviews. Qualitative data were coded and transcribed and subsequently analyzed, with regard to quantitative data: both descriptive and inferential analysis was done including the Correlation analysis and Chi –Square Test which was adopted to measure the association between working condition and working motivation. The findings revealed that the salary paid was not enough to meet basic needs. In one hand, the number of the staff houses was not proportional to the number of teachers in some school while some other primary schools did not have any staff house. It was also found out that all teachers participated in decision making about the school progress/affairs. Nevertheless, this study established that there was no association between working conditions and working motivations, because even though the working conditions were not satisfactory, teachers were motivated to work. This suggests that, security of tenure has impact on teachers working condition. However, through correlation analysis, the study recognized that there were correlation between working conditions and working motivation. Keywords: public primary schools, primary schools teachers’ motivation working conditions,

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