Level of teachers' efficiency in work performance in public secondary schools in Wajir-North District-Kenya

Abstract

Teachers play a vital role in the implementation of the education plans at school level. This role is sometimes challenged by the level of teachers' efficiency in work performance where the educational resources are scarce. Teachers face challenges of the optimal use of the available resources in the production of maximum output. The purpose of the study was to determine teachers' efficiency level in the work performance in public secondary schools in Wajir north district, Kenya.

The study was guided by five research objectives based on teachers' level of lesson preparation, utilization of the teaching-learning time, classroom management strategies, evaluation strategies on students and leamer-centered strategies as monitoring tools for efficiency in the provision of education in public secondary schools in Wajir north district. The study used descriptive statistics in which questionnaires, classroom observation schedule, document analysis and check list were used as data collection instruments.

The target population was all teachers, head teachers and students in three public secondary schools in Wajir north district. The study targeted 3 head teachers, 30 teachers and 600 students from all head teachers and teachers were purposively sampled as they were few and key informants to the study. 234 students were randomly selected. Convenient sampling was used in classroom observation schedules. The data collected were analyzed using both descriptive statistics (frequency distribution tables, bar graphs, pie charts, frequency counts and percentages) .

Research findings indicate that teachers to large extent prepared for lessons and utilized the teaching-learning time well as monitoring tools for efficiency in the provision of education in public secondary schools in Wajir north district. The study also established that teacher evaluation strategies on students and classroom management strategies as inputs in the teaching-leaming process were generally good as monitoring tools for efficiency in the provision of education in public secondary schools in Wajir north district.

The study further established that leamer-centered teaching-leaming strategies were not utilized by most of teachers as a monitoring tool for efficiency in the provision of education in public secondary schools' in Wajir north district. The study therefore recommends proper planning and monitoring of the teaching leaming process in order to realize the set educational goals and objectives. The study further recommends proper planning of education to include in-service programmes for teachers to improve their teaching skills to enhance their efficiency in work performance.