Influence Of Boards Of Management Governance Practices On Teacher Job Satisfaction In Public Primary Schools In Central Sub-County, Nyeri County, Kenya

Abstract

The study sought to find out the influence of boards of management governance practices on teacher job satisfaction in public primary schools in Nyeri central sub county. The objectives that guided the study were; incentives provision, professional development, work environment and involvement in governance on the teacher job satisfaction in public primary schools. The study employed descriptive survey design and the population of interest was the head teachers and teachers. Stratified random sampling method was used for sampling purposes. The strata were the types of the schools with a focus on the boarding, day and day and boarding. Data was collected by use of questionnaires. Analysis was by use of qualitative and quantitative methods. The quantitative methods entailed descriptive and inferential statistics while the qualitative analysis entailed deciphering meanings of the provided answers and comparing them to other documented works in the field. Data was presented by use of frequency tables. The study found out that: Most of the schools had provisions for incentives for teacher motivation, the activities entailed provision of cash bonuses, provision for motivation in kind by way of having congratulatory messages and appreciation was also a measure of incentive provision. Most of the respondents deemed their schools as not having the right provisions for sustainable skills development. The schools had done very little or none at all in the quest of providing resources and a good environment to teachers as a measure of enhancing individual skills acquisition to have them derive satisfaction from the resultant and certification. Most of the respondents were of the view that their schools had optimal work environments guaranteeing the teachers the requisite satisfaction at work. Most of the respondents perceived their institutions to have had provisions for involvement of all stakeholders in decision making. The study recommended that:- The boards of management in public primary schools should innovate and seek out measures of associating with corporate and other well-wishers with an aim of ensuring optimal provision of incentives in the schools, ensure that they make adequate provisions to see to it that the teachers in the institutions benefit from the in-service programs and build all their skills, should work towards ensuring that they provide the institutions with the requisite infrastructural provisions necessary to ensure conducive teaching and learning and work out modalities to enhance the governance systems and structures with an aim of having seamless operations in the running and management of the public schools.