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    Shortage and job satisfaction among teachers in public secondary schools in Tanzania mainland
    (University of Dar es Salaam, 1987) Muze, Mishael Shogholo
    This study investigated the problem of the shortage of public secondary school teachers in mainland Tanzania as it relates to job satisfaction. The major purposes of the study were: to collect relevant demographic data about public secondary school teachers; examine work factors to which teachers attach a great deal of importance in the proper execution of their job as well as those which contribute to teachers’ dissatisfaction. Finally to attempt an analysis of the efforts made by the government since 1981 to improve skills, working conditions and the general welfare of teachers. Vital information on teachers' working conditions and the degree of shortage and job satisfaction was obtained through the administration of a questionnaire. Other documents such as the annual reports, budget speeches, ordinances, syllabi were also examined. The 1976 questionnaire was administered to 328 teachers from 13 of the 78 public secondary schools which existed then. It was discovered that had the majority of the teachers trained since independence remained in the teaching profession, the current shortage of teachers in public secondary schools would be non-existent. Fourteen factors were examined out of which good administration and policies, good student discipline and good salaries and allowances were found to be the leading factors that teachers considered important in the proper execution of their job. Lack of teaching facilities and limited opportunity for professional advancement were found to be two leading factors among 22 factors to have contributed to job dissatisfaction among teachers. A cross-tabulation was done by using statistic n four variables namely: sex, level of education, type of school and nationality; on the factors concerning 'importance` and 'job dissatisfaction '. In general, the null hypothesis developed was accepted in most of the factors of the three variables studied but rejected in the fourth variable dealing with nationality. The study, in a nutshell, has shown that job dissatisfaction contributed heavily to the general shortage of teachers. A number of recommendations are therefore made in the last chapter. They touch on the ways of making the improvement to the teachers' salaries and allowances, the administration of schools and the curriculum.