Factors affecting Tanzanian graduate teachers to engage in non-teaching careers: a case of public schools in Ilala District, Dar es Salaam
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2013
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The university of Dar es Salaam
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A graduate teacher engaging in non teaching careers is a major concern in Tanzania today. Despite the government’s efforts to maintain teachers into their carrier, there has been an increasing rate of teachers leaving the teaching career in the country and this is widely and clearly indicated in the public secondary schools as observed in the case study in Ilala district in Dar es Salam. The study aimed at finding solution(s) to the problem in order to maintain teachers into their career, addressing the problem to the government, insight the discussion on causes of the problem and to examine the extent to which government allocation of teachers relate to professional graduate to engage in non-teaching careers. On a sample of 50 employees, data were collected using structured questionnaire and interviews and descriptive statistical methods were used from the SPSS to arrive at analytical results of the data found, hypotheses tested and interpreted. The study found out that the working environment of teachers was poor, there was under payment and there was no fringe benefit, lack of social value of teachers to the society, poor government location of teachers and government favoritism towards some teachers. From the findings a number of recommendations have been offered for retaining qualified graduate teachers in teaching career.
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Career changes, Graduate teachers, Public schools
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Hegga, Z.(2013). Factors affecting Tanzanian graduate teachers to engage in non-teaching careers: a case of public schools in Ilala District, Dar es Salaam. Master dissertation, university of Dar es Salaam