Assessment of Teacher Work Motivation of Gambella Region: The Case of Secondary and Preparatory School In Gambella Town
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2021-08
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The main objective of this study was to assess teachers’ work motivation in Gambella Region
with particular reference to Secondary and Preparatory Schools Gambella Town. Motivation is
the willingness of an employee to contribute high levels of effort towards his or her work,
conditioned by the capacity of the effort to satisfy needs as well as his or her personal
environment. The study roadmaps are to identity the teachers’ current motivation, assessing
affecting factors and examine the relationship among educational level, salary, age, and years’
experience. The study used survey design with a sample size of 345 respondents. The major
sources of data were secondary school principals and teachers in the sampled schools. Primary
data tools were survey questionnaire, focus group discussion, and key informant interviews.
Theoretical Conceptualization related to Teachers Motivation Conceptions on satisfaction and
dissatisfaction on Teachers work Motivation. The research found that workload, salary, low
recognition, teachers’ accountabilities, career developments, institutional environments,
teachers’ voices, materials and facilities. Moreover, educational office should work on school
administration problems by allowing teachers to be participant in decision making regarding
teaching and learning process, evaluating teachers performance on the basis of administrative
activities ideologies, treating teachers equally as per school rules and regulation considering the
task in the class room that need organization. Finally it is recommended that educational office
should work to improve conditions that cause staff work dissatisfaction and weak performance
by facilitating teacher’s promotion by improving salary and other benefits.
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teacher, secondary school, work motivation