Factors influencing school management committee members’ effectiveness in staff motivation in public primary schools in Mavindini Division, Kenya
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate factors influencing school
management committee members’ effectiveness in teachers motivation in
public primary schools in Mavindi Division, Makueni County, Kenya. The
study sought to determine the influence of educational level, exposure to
training, professional status and working experience of SMC members on
teachers motivation in public primary schools in Mavindi Division, Makueni
County. The study used descriptive research design to collect data from
members of SMC, teachers and head teachers in public primary schools in
Mavindini Division. The total number of members of SMC was 294, 169
teachers and 20 head teachers. The researcher used simple random sampling
technique to select 12 public primary schools and 12 head teachers. Stratified
random sampling technique was used to obtain a sample size of 36 teachers
and 72 members of school management committees. The analysis was done by
descriptive statistics using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version
21.0. In addition, Pearson’s correlation analysis was used to establish the
relationship between the study variables. The study found that the level of
teachers motivation was high where the SMC members had a Masters degree
and an undergraduate Degree with a score of 100% and 87.5% respectively. It
was clear that where the SMC members attended workshops on human
resource management, the staff were highly motivated by the monetary
incentives (77.8%), supervision by immediate supervisor (63.9%), work
environment (58.3%) and distribution of rewards (52.8%). The study also
revealed that years of experience affect motivation as 83.3% of the SMC
members had served for 0 – 5 years. The study concluded that training levels
of SMCs members has the highest effect on teachers’ motivation, followed by
educational levels of SMCs members, then professional status of SMCs
members while working experience of SMCs members having the lowest
effect on the teachers motivation in Mavindini Division. The study therefore
recommends that public schools should review the existing structure of
education management and administration to reflect modern needs in teacher
education locally and globally.
Publisher
University of Nairobi
Subject
School management committeeDescription
Master of Education in Corporate Governance
Collections
- Faculty of Education (FEd) [6020]