Motivation of teachers and learners’ performance in the private primary schools of Masindi municipality Masindi district.

Abstract

The study conducted was the “impact of Teacher motivation on Learners performance of Private Primary School in Uganda: a case study of Private Primary Schools in Masindi municipality, Masindi district”. The objectives of the study were (i) To analyze the contribution of motivation of teachers and learners performance in private primary schools in Masindi Municipality, Masindi District, (ii) To examine the factors affecting the motivational level of teachers and learners performance in Private primary schools in Masindi Municipality, Masindi District, and (iii) To establish the strategies to improve levels of motivation of teachers and learners performance in Private primary schools in Masindi Municipality, Masindi District. The study employed descriptive research design and used mixed approach where both qualitative and quantitative techniques of data collection were employed. The study found out that majority of teachers were men, and majority in young age bracket of 31 - 40 years and a big number of them are secondary school leavers. The research found out that all the respondents had knowledge about motivation and there was no consensus on a particular motivation role, but believed organization’s survival and achievement of its goals and reduction in absenteeism among other roles as importance, and in term of motivational tools, the research found that teachers prepared pay increment and the major challenge was late payment of salaries. The study concluded that, motivation packages for the teachers were inadequate. This was evident in the findings where majority of the respondents strongly agreed of being very dissatisfied with the services they are getting from their labor. The effects of poor motivation on work performance in the schools were absenteeism, low output and high labor turnover. Based on the conclusion the study recommended that Government should train Headmasters in high quality school management and leadership; provide career advancement by providing teachers with merit based scholarship that enable them upgrade their credentials as well as establishment of public teachers training institutions; provision of incentives such as bonuses and bicycles to ease the problem of transport; and increment of teachers’ salaries as well as early, payment of their salaries.