In-Service Training and Teacher Performance in Selected Public Secondary Schools of Gakenke District, Rwanda.
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Date
2012-11
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Kampala International University, School of Education
Abstract
This study investigated the degree of perception of In-Service training
and the level of teacher performance. The study investigated how Inservice training contributes to teacher performance in selected public
secondary schools in Gakenke District, Rwanda. The study was
conducted by descriptive survey design, particularly descriptive
correlation for testing for the significant relationship between In-service
training and Teacher performance, data being collected using
questionnaires from 93 teachers and 270 students. The purposive
sampling and stratified sampling was used for selecting sample. Data
were analyzed using frequency tables, percentages and mean. The
study revealed that teachers in selected public secondary schools in
Gakenke District, Rwanda, perceive that In-service training that they
receive is very poor as the overall mean of items (1.40) shows. The
study also revealed that the poorness of In-service Training affect the
performance of teachers. According to the overall mean of items (1.70)
teacher performance was found at very low level.Therfore, there is a
significant relationship between the degree of perception of In-service
training and the level of teacher performance in selected public
secondary schools in Gakenke District, Rwanda (r-value=0.407,Sign
value=0.037) . It was concluded that well organized and conducted Inservice Training lead to high level of teacher performance. The following
recommendations were made: The Ministry of Education should organize
and conduct In-service training after needs assessment of teachers and
Head teachers. Gakenke District, through District Education officer
through various practices such as classroom visits, should often help
teachers mainly the inexperienced and unqualified ones to improve their
lesson preparations teaching methods and evaluation of students’ works.
Description
A Thesis Presented to the College of Higher Degree and Research Kampala International University Kampala, Uganda In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree Master of Educational Management and Administration
Keywords
In-Service Training, Teacher Performance, Public Secondary Schools, Gakenke District,