The Impact of Stress Management Strategies on Teacher’s Work Performance in Public Primary Schools in Bukoba District Council, Kagera, Tanzania.

Mtesigwa, Devotha Renatus (2025) The Impact of Stress Management Strategies on Teacher’s Work Performance in Public Primary Schools in Bukoba District Council, Kagera, Tanzania. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The study investigated the impact of stress management strategies on teacher’s work performance in public primary schools in Bukoba district council, Kagera, Tanzania. The study sought to: identify school-related factors causing stress to teachers, determine the effect of training and development on teacher's work performance, establish the influence of welfare programmes on teacher's wok performance in public primary schools and establish strategies used by the primary school teachers in stress management in public primary schools in Bukoba district council. With the Bandura’s Triadic Reciprocal Determinism theory, the study used a mixed-methods approach . The sample size was 90 normal teachers and 15 head teachers who were randomly and purposively selected . Questionnaires and interview were used to gather information. Quantitative data were descriptively and inferentially analysed while thematic analysis for qualitative data. The findings revealed that, overclouded classes, and promotion delays are some of the school-related factors that caused stress among teachers. Counselling, religious interventions and physical exercises are the strategies in managing stress. Training and development and welfare programmes influence teacher's work performance. This study concludes that, teachers’ stress largely stems from overcrowded classes, loan burdens, and promotion delays. Training, development, and welfare programmes enhance teachers’ work performance. The government should make sure that factors that cause stress among teachers should be minimised. Training and development and welfare programmes should be enhanced. Keywords: Stress management strategies, teacher’s work performance, public

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