Teachers Motivation and School Climate in Secondary and Preparatory Schools of Arsi Zon
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2015-06
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Addis Ababa University
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This study was conducted to assess school climate and motivation of teachers in Arsi Zone
Secondary and Preparatory Schools. To conduct the study, correlation design was employed and
simple random sampling technique was employed to select the sample school teachers and
availability sampling was used to select school principals and secondary school supervisors. To
this end, 4 supervisors, 12 secondary & preparatory schools with 30 school principals and 180
teachers were included in this study. Questionnaire was the main data gathering instrument for
this study. Thus, 180 teachers and 30 school principals filled the questionnaires. An interview
was also conducted to enrich the quantitative data. As a result, four secondary and preparatory
school supervisors were interviewed. Quantitative data collected through questionnaire was
analyzed by using frequency, percentage and t-test by using SPSS. The data gathered through
interview was discussed in line with questionnaire. Consequently, the main findings come out
from this study were: Teachers were not motivated to teaching although they are interested to
impart knowledge to others Teachers were not happy with the school climate in which they work.
From these findings it was concluded that there was teachers in the study area were having low
motivation to teaching and the school climate was not conducive. Motivation of teachers and
school climate goes together simultaneously. If school climate was conducive there was
teachers’ motivation and if not there was no. Finally, to minimize and if possible to solve the
problems, the following recommendations were drawn; policy makers should prepare a guide
line in which equally qualified candidates’ pay similarly although they work in different sectors,
school leaders should take corrective measures based on the rule and regulation of the school on
those students that make repeated mistakes, school leaders should encourage, treat equally,
reward and create smooth relationship with teachers, and Woreda and Zone education office as
well as Regional Education Brue should allocate sufficient budget to fulfill school facilities and
create conducive school climate.
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Teachers Motivation and School, Climate in Secondary