Remuneration and Job Performance of Teachers in Government Aided Secondary Schools in Western Uganda
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Date
2021
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Interdisciplinary Journal of Education Research
Abstract
The study investigated the relationship between
remuneration and job performance of teachers in
government-aided secondary schools in Western Uganda.
Remuneration was studied in terms of basic pay, income
security schemes, and bonuses and allowances. Teachers’ job
performance was considered in terms of classroom teaching,
management of students, discipline and regularity and
interpersonal relations. The study adopted a cross-sectional
research design using the quantitative approach on a sample
of 333 teachers. Data were collected using both a
questionnaire. Descriptive results revealed that job
performance of teachers high and remuneration moderate.
Inferential analysis showed that while income security
schemes had a positive and significant influence on teachers'
job performance, basic pay had a positive but insignificant
influence on teachers' job performance, and bonuses and
allowances had a negative insignificant influence on
teachers' job performance. It was concluded that low
remuneration to teachers impedes high job performance,
especially when basic pay is low and there is a lack of bonuses
and allowances. Existence of income security schemes
increases the job performance of teachers. Therefore, it was
recommended that stakeholders involved in the management
of schools such as Government, headteachers, and Boards of
governors, devise means of enhancing the remuneration of
teachers. Teachers should be given bonuses for exceeding performance and allowances when they do extra
work. The pension plan and social welfare benefits should also be made attractive to increase the job
performance of teachers.
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Keywords
Allowances, Basic pay, Bonuses, Income security schemes, Job performance
Citation
Zikanga, D. K. Z. D. K., Anumaka, B. I. A. B. I., Tamale, M. B. T. M. B., & Mugizi, W. M. W. (2021). Remuneration and job performance of teachers in government aided secondary schools in Western Uganda. Interdisciplinary Journal of Education Research, 3(2), 10-22. https://doi.org/10.51986/ijer-2021.vol3.02.02