| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of the present study was to investigate the influence of Board of Management governance practices on teachers’ motivation in public primary schools in West Pokot Sub County, Kenya. The objectives sought to examine the influence of Board of Management financial support for training activities, participatory decision making, recognition and Board of Management initiatives to improve working conditions on teachers’ motivation in public primary schools in West Pokot Sub County. The study was guided by Vroom design. The study population comprised of 853 teachers employed fully by Teachers Service Commission. Stratified random sampling technique was used in selecting the teachers, for this study comprised of 190 teachers. The research instruments were questionnaires and observation guides. Findings on the financial support by the Board indicated that a minority of teachers (26.1%) were motivated with use of monetary incentives by the Board. A majority (65.2%) of the teachers were demotivated. Findings revealed that the majority of teachers (73.9%) were demotivated with recognition through training opportunities. The teachers motivated with recognition by use of thank you cards were a dismal 8.7 percent. According to the study findings a majority of the teachers were demotivated with the condition of the offices. The study revealed that the schools’ Boards of Management needed to work harder in providing conducive conditions of work to the teachers. The study concluded that various governance practices that related to financial support to the teachers, recognition of teachers by the Board and provision of conducive working conditions, by the Board of Management that influenced the teachers’ teachers’ motivation. It was found out that the Boards’ governance practices had far-reaching effects on teachers’ teachers’ motivation. From the study, the recommendations were as follows; Boards of Management in West Pokot Sub-County should build more staff houses in order to house most of the teachers within the schools. This would alleviate the problem of teachers commuting from far flung areas outside the Divisions. Most of the commuting teachers were already tired by the time they reached their working stations thus having low motivation to work hard. The study also recommends that the Board of Management in West Pokot Sub-County should develop and nurture a cordial working relationship with the area teachers in order to improve their teachers’ motivation. This would in effect result in better performance by the teachers in both the formative and summative examinations. Consultations should be applied especially when dealing with the form one teachers entry behavior and setting subject/ school targets. The area school Boards should also device a mechanism of rewarding both the teachers and the teachers whenever they register good grades in the KCPE in order to ensure competitive spirit across the whole region’s primary schools. | en_US |
