| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of the study was to identify the motivational needs of secondary school AIDS/HIV
education teachers in Murang'a district. The study too aimed to fmd out to what extent the
following variables; school type, sex and professional qualifications do influence the
motivational needs of secondary schools AIDS/HIV education teachers. The other aim was to
find out how satisfaction scores are influenced by the following variables: school type, age and
professional qualification. The final aim was to find out whether there was a way, which could
be recommended for raising funds by the secondary school teachers to lessen the cost of
AIDS/HIV education at the secondary school level. The study examined the academic and
professional qualifications, demographic characteristics, and teaching experiences of the
AIDS/HIV education teachers.
The central significance of the study was viewed as that of providing feedback to the Ministry of
education science and technology to assess the immediate motivational needs of the teachers
involved in the programme. Likewise, it was hoped that the findings would enable secondary
school AIDS/HIV education teachers come up with alternative means of meeting the costs of this
educational programme other than relying on the government or non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) for funding.
The literature review covered concept of motivational pattern of workers with specific reference
to AIDS/HIV education teachers and factors which influence motivation of teachers and their job
satisfaction levels, in Kenya and outside Kenya.
The review has also indicated that in spite of the efforts by the Kenya government and the nongovernmental
organizations to promote AIDS/HIV education at the secondary school level in the
country, the programme has been characterized by problems like laxity among some school
inspectors, the AIDS/HIV education teachers are o;:erloaded, cultural factors do prevent teachers
from discussing sex related issues with the student, and that primary and secondary school
teachers need training and recognition for their efforts in the fight against AIDSIHIV epidemic
which is threatening to undermine achievements in literacy. Finally, effective teaching has not
been occurring due to shortage of funds.
The ex-post facto research design was applied in the study. Seven research questions were used
to develop the research instruments. Questionnaires and document analyses were the too Is used
to collect data. Questionnaires were used to solicit information from secondary school
AIDS/HIV education teachers. The questionnaires had items, which sought demographic data of
the respondents, information on motivational needs, job satisfaction levels of secondary school
AIDS/HIV education teachers. The statistical records like the list of secondary schools in
Murang'a district were examined to establish the number of registered public and private schools
and number of AIDS/HIV education teachers at this level, in the district. A pilot study was
conducted to establish the validity of the instruments used to collect data. Stratified random
sampling procedure was used to select respondents from a population of 164 secondary school
AIDS/HIV education teachers, in Murang' a district.
The sample consisted of 120 AIDS/HIV education teachers. Some teachers had not submitted
their questionnaires to the field coordinators by the end of the given time for the work and as
such only 79.2 percent of them gave back their answered questionnaires. The study was
confined to public schools.
Descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages were used to analyse responses.
The study found that secondary school AIDS/HIV education teachers in Murang'a district have
unsatisfied needs such as recognition, poor work conditions, inadequate training and lack of
teaching facilities.
Some of the variables considered to have affected the motivational needs and satisfaction levels
of the teachers who participated, were: gender, professional qualification, age and school type.
In view of the findings, it was recommended that: salary increase be increased in real income
other than' increase in nominal income at a rate which should be higher than the inflation rate;
that AIDS education should be made examinable for.according to teachers this is a policy which
will recognize their efforts and that strategies to raise money at the local level should be
established to assist in reducing the cost of AIDS education.
From the findings of the study, further studies suggested are:i)
Since the study was carried out in public schools research could be conducted for
teachers who may teach AIDS education through non-formal and informal systems
especially for the out of school youth.
ii) A research could be conducted to determine the salary level expected by the serving
secondary school teacher teaching AIDS/HIV education.
iii) A replication of the current study is also recommended to ascertain whether different
research instruments would yield similar results and that similar studies be carried out in
other districts so that a large area will be covered to justify generalization of the results
for the whole country. | en |
