Browsing by Author "Florah, Kyayemagye"
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Item The Relationship between Workload and Teachers Effectiveness in Secondary Schools(Bishop Stuart University, 2019) Wilber, Nuwaha; Gershom, Atukunda; Florah, KyayemagyeThe study assessed the relationship between teachers’ workload and their effectiveness in secondary schools. A descriptive survey design was adopted for this study to determine the frequency of occurrences of the phenomenon and discover whether or not if there is a relationship that exists between the variables. The target population of this study comprised Head teachers, Deputy Head teachers, Directors of Studies and Teachers in the selected Secondary Schools in Sheema Municipality, Sheema Municipality. The study employed questionnaire, and interviewing. The study used Pearson correlation to determine the level of statistical relationship between workload and teachers’ effectiveness. Results indicate that there is a weak but significant positive correlation between teachers’ workload and their effectiveness in secondary schools (r=0.012, p<0.045). It was found that teachers are always prepared when holding classes. It was concluded that teachers in secondary schools of Sheema Municipality, Sheema Municipality are given other responsibilities apart from teaching. These include; duty supervision, monitoring, some co-curricular activities like drama, football guidance and counseling. It was also concluded that teachers in secondary schools of Sheema Municipality, Sheema Municipality are effective in terms of students’ improvement in discipline, good performance registered in terms of academics. It was also concluded that more workload for teachers affects their effectiveness negatively that is; failure to prepare schemes of work, lesson plans, assess learners, maintain discipline and participate in co-curricular activities. The study recommends that the government should set more innovative guidelines for teacher workload in schools to enable school administrators not to overload the teachers that may result into ineffectiveness.Item Science Teachers’ Remuneration and Their Job Performance among Government Aided Secondary Schools in Mbarara, Uganda(East African Journal of Management and Business Studies, 2022-03) Florah, Kyayemagye; Gershom, Atukunda; Merab, NantaleThis study sought to investigate on Science Teachers’ remuneration and their Job Performance among Government Aided Secondary Schools in Mbarara District, Uganda. The study employed a descriptive survey research design. The target population was 126 science teachers and head teachers in seven government-aided secondary schools in Mbarara District. The study randomly sampled 96 science teachers and seven Head Masters using Yamens’ formula. A questionnaire and an interview schedule were used as source of data from the field. The study established that parent teachers association (PTA) and Secondary Science and Mathematics training allowances were the most common allowances in schools under investigation. Extra teaching allowances, salary increment, duty allowance and overtime allowances were moderately perceived to exist. Remuneration motivated teachers in carrying out such school activities as to complete syllabus, to promote good performance and quality of teaching and to attend classes regularly. Therefore, the government through the ministry of education should ensure that science teachers are provided with attractive remunerations in order to sustain their motivation toward teaching