| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of job satisfaction
among deputy headteachers of Nairobi Province public secondary schools. The
study attempted to establish the job factors that cause job satisfaction in deputy
headteachers in the province. It also investigated whether there is any
relationship between job satisfaction and the independent variables of age,
gender, marital status, academic qualification, job experience, and category of
school.
The research instrument used was a questionnaire, which was personally
administered by the researcher to the target population of all the forty-seven
deputy headteachers of Nairobi Province public secondary schools. The
instrument contained thirty-one items. The questionnaires were collected after
having been filled by the respondents.
The data was analyzed to test the null hypotheses. The t-test method was
used to analyze null hypotheses Ho 1 H02 and H03 which were concerned with
determining whether there is any significant difference between job satisfaction
of deputy headteachers of Nairobi Province public secondary schools and their
gender or marital status respectively. One-way ANOV A technique was used to
test hypotheses, H04,-H05 and H06. These hypotheses were used to test whether
there is any significant difference between job satisfaction of the deputy head
teachers and their age, academic qualifications, job experience or category of school respectively. All the null hypotheses were accepted at the 0.05 significant
level.
The demographic background of the respondents showed that 66 percent
of the deputy head teachers in Nairobi Province secondary schools were female.
Among the total number of deputy head teachers in the province, 76.6 percent
were between forty-five and fifty-four years old. The study further showed that
these deputy head teachers were well qualified. Those holding first degrees were
53.2 percent while those with masters' degrees were 6.8 percent. Another 6.8
percent were diploma holders and the rest were approved graduate teachers who
had been promoted on merit.
Most of these deputy head teachers had a long teaching experience with
91.40% having taught for more than ten years. They had served as subject
teachers, class teachers, senior teachers and heads of departments. Most of them,
besides being deputies, had a wealth of experience in other areas of the school
organization. In the study, low salary was ranked first as a cause of job
dissatisfaction followed by headteacher leadership styles, administrative
responsibilities, recognition, working conditions and interpersonal relations in
that order. The respondents did not rank job insecurity as a cause of job
dissatisfaction because they considered teaching to offer job security.
The study revealed that there was no significant difference between job
satisfaction of deputy headteachers of Nairobi Province public secondary schools and their age, gender, marital status, academic qualification, job
experience and school category. In the study, the deputy headteachers were
asked to indicate job aspects that they disliked in their current job. Among the
job aspects disliked were too many lessons and administrative duties, dealing
with truant teachers and headteacher's leadership styles among others. The
deputy headteachers indicated that deputy headship is supposed to be a post of
authority but the headteacher did not allow them free decision-making.
The study had major recommendations among others. It recommended
that the headteachers should involve their deputy headteachers in decisionmaking
in matters related to finance and administration of the school. These
teachers should be adequately remunerated to prevent job dissatisfaction in
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