Teacher motivation and attrition in secondary schools of Huye District Southern Province In Rwanda
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2011-10
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Kampala International University. College of Education, Open and Distance Learning
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine whether financially based motivation
as well as other non financial motivations in secondary schools of Huye District
have a relationship with teacher attrition. Four objectives were formulated to
guide the study. The literature review focused on motivation and teacher attrition.
The study used the descriptive correlational survey design. The population of the
study was all teachers and head teachers in secondary schools of Huye District.
The sample for the study was 66 teachers who hold the posts of responsibility and 17
head teachers. Data were collected by the use of questionnaires. Descriptive and
inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. Items used to measure the
level of financial motivation were salary, incentive bonuses, allowances from
training and seminars, Bank loans and other advances are available for teachers
and salary increases, ... As for the items that were used to measure the non
financial motivation, the researcher made use of extra tasks related to teaching:
(Ex.: heading departments, heading some students clubs, ...), attending regular
training related to the subject or the teaching methodology, working as a team,
helping each other, being given a job description that gives teachers some
autonomy and allow them to find their own solutions, having a clear and
meaningful career path as a teacher at my school, promotion, evaluation, quality
of staff and classrooms, teaching and learning materials, teachers’ houses,
changing from rural to urban schools, teacher student ratio, the amount of hours a
week, ... Items to measure teacher attrition were the amount of teachers who
quit the school in Huye District secondary schools and some of their
characteristics, absence of some items making financial and non financial
motivation that can make teachers to leave the school.
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A Thesis Presented to the School of Postgraduate Studies and Research Kampala International University Kampala, Uganda In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree Master Educational Management and Administration
Keywords
Teacher motivation, Attrition in secondary schools