| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of the Boards of
Managements’ Governance Practices on job satisfaction in secondary school
teachers in Ndeiya Division, Limuru District. The study sought to determine the
extent to which the Boards of Managements’ provision of autonomy to the
teachers, involvement in decision making, provision of conducive working
conditions, provision of incentives and recognition influenced secondary school
teachers’ job satisfaction. The target population consisted of all Board members in
the nine secondary schools and all the teachers working in the area secondary
schools. Simple random sampling was used to sample the 92 teachers since it
ensured equal chances for all teachers. The study sampled 18 BoM members
among the schools’ Board chairmen and Secretaries. The study used descriptive
survey design whereby teachers responded to a questionnaire while the Board
members responded to an interview. The two research instruments were picked
due to their convenience and low cost. The questionnaire return rate was 86.2%.
Data was analyzed by use of descriptive statistics like pie charts, bar graphs and
frequency tables useful in descriptive survey design. The study found that 52
(56.5%) teachers were satisfied with the autonomy provided by the Board during
admission of new students. On whether the Boards consulted the teachers before
making decisions, 52 (56.5%) teachers were dissatisfied with the autonomy given
when setting the entry mark while 48 (52.2%) teachers were dissatisfied with
joint-meetings with the Board members. On provision of conducive working
conditions by the Board, a majority of teachers, 48 (52.2%) were dissatisfied with
the conditions of the offices. On housing, only 8 (8.7%) teachers were housed in
the area schools. Most of the teachers were thus forced to commute for long
distances outside the Division. Concerning recognition of teachers by the Board,
majority 64 (69.5%) teachers were dissatisfied with the use of thank you cards by
the Board for work well done. Majority of teachers 68 (73.9%) were dissatisfied
with training opportunities provided by the BoM. Majority of the teachers, 60
(65.2%) indicated their dissatisfaction with provision of monetary incentives by
the Board while 20 (21.8%) teachers reported that school trips were not applicable
in their schools. Majority of the teachers identified good remuneration, prompt
promotion, consultation and recognition of teachers by the Board as the main
contributors to their job satisfaction. The study concluded that the Boards of
Management’s governance practices played a major role in teachers’ job
satisfaction. The study recommends that the government through the Ministry of
Education should zero-rate school building materials in order to ease the Boards’
burden of building adequate staff houses. The Boards should recruit qualified
members in line with the Kenya Constitution (2010) and reward teachers in order
to motivate them to work hard in their subjects and thus post good results
especially in the KCSE examinations. | en_US |
