Remuneration Practices and Teachers~ Efficiency in Selected Secondary Schools, Wakiso District, Uganda

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION

APPROVAL

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv

LIST OF TABLE ix

LIST OF FIGURES ix

ACRONYMS xi

ABSTRACT xii

CHAPTER ONE 1

INTRODUCTION 1

Background to the study

I Historical Perspective

I .2. Contextual Perspective 4

1.3. Statement of the Problem 8

1 .4 Research Questions 8

1.5. Objective of the Study 9

1.6. Research Hypothesis 9

1.7. Significance of the Study 9

1.8.Government and Ministry of Education 10

1.9. Scope of the Study 10

1 .10. Limitations of the Study 10

11. Theoretical perspective 11

1.12. Conceptual Perspective 12

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• 13. Operational Definition of Key Teniis 14

CHAPTERTWO 16

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 16

2.1. Introduction 16

2.2. Remuneration Practices 16

2.3. Theories of Remuneration 17

2.4. Drive reduction theory of remuneration 17

2.5 .Arousal Theory 17

2.6. Cognition Theory of Remuneration 17

2.7. Equity Theory 18

2.8. Expectancy Theory of Remuneration 18

2.9. Humanistic View of Remuneration 18

2.10. Conceptual Framework 19

2. II. Provision of Fringe Benefits and Teachers’ efficiency 24

2. 12. The Nature of Working Conditions and Employees’ Performance in Schools 28

2.13. Summary of Identified Gap 32

CHAPTER THREE 33

METHODOLOGY 33

3,1 Introduction 33

3.2. Research Design 33

3.3. Location of the Study 33

3.4. Population of the Study 34

3.5. Sample and Sampling Procedure 34

3.6. Research Instruments 37

3.7. Validity and Reliability of Instruments 38

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3.8. Data Collection Procedures .38

3.9. Data Analysis Method 38

CHAPTER FOUR 39

4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS 39

4.1. Introduction 39

4.2. Demographic Characteristics of Respondents 39

4.3. Remuneration Practices in Terms of Fringe Benefits and Nature of Working Conditions in Se

condary Schools 40

4.4. Nature of Working Condition among Secondary Schools in Wakiso District 45

4.5. The state of teachers’ efficiency among urban secondary schools in Wakiso 49

4.6. The relationship between remuneration practices and teachers efficiency in urban secondary

schools in Wakiso 50

CHAPTER FIVE 52

5. SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 52

5.1. Introduction 52

5.2. Summary 52

5.4. Conclusion 53

5.5. Recommendations 54

5.6. To the Ministry of Education 54

5.7. To Administrators

5.8. To the Head teachers 55

5.9. To Interested Researchers 56

REFERENCES 57

APPENDICES 60

Appendix I 60

APPENDIX II 64

ABSTRACT 

The purpose of the study was to establish the effect of provision of fringe benefits and the nature of working conditions under remuneration practices on teachers” efficiency in secondary schools Wak iso. The study was qualitative and quantitative; and descriptive-correlation research design was used in the study. The researcher used purposive and simple random sampling techniques to select the research participants respectively from selected secondary schools. The target population was 225 and the sample size of the participants was 166. Data was collected using questionnaire as research instrument and analyzed by means of descriptive statistics, namely; frequencies, percentage, and mean. Pearson Correlation Coefficient was used to establish the relationship between remuneration practices and teachers’ efficiency in secondary schools. The findings from the study indicated that 59.2% of the respondents with a high mean of 3.5464 reported that the nature of working conditions were still favorable to some employees and this reflected undesirable behaviors among the employee~. Good working conditions were necessary for all employees for their effective performance in institutions. The study showed that the payment of salaries and wages have no direct bearing on teachers’ performance. The study findings indicated that 70.9% of respondents with a high mean of 3.5631 reported that fringe benefits like allowances, recognition, promotion and praises still depends on availability of funds and management’s perception. These benefits had an effect on teachers” efficiency when paid after completion of the task. The nature of working conditions was still favorable in some institutions and this affected the actual performances in schools. Good working conditions were therefore, pertinent for all employees’ efficiency in any institutions. The study findings also indicated a weak correlation between remuneration practices and teachers” efficiency as Pearson correlation was -.106 and the coefficient of determination was 0.0112, which is 1.12% level of determination; and this implies that there are other many factors that contribute to teachers” efficiency. In conclusion, the results of the study indicated that there is a very weak relationship between remuneration practices and teachers” efficiehcy in urban secondary schools in Wakiso. INDEX WORDS: Remuneration practices, fringe benefits, nature of working conditions, teachers efficiency, and secondary schools.