TITLE:
Science Teachers’ Career Change and Its Effects on Students’ Performance: Evidence from Selected Public Secondary Schools in Dodoma City
AUTHORS:
Sadiki Peter Msumba, Provident Dimoso, Tumaini Gotfried Rwela, Oscar Mpasa
KEYWORDS:
Career Change, Turnover, Science Students, Public Secondary Schools, Effects, Factors
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.12 No.6,
June
19,
2024
ABSTRACT: The study explored factors influencing science teachers’ career changes and their effect on overall students’ academic performance in Dodoma. The study employed a cross-sectional research design, with 139 respondents being selected through probability and non-probability sampling techniques. Data were collected through interviews, documentary reviews and focus group discussions. Both descriptive and inferential techniques were used in data analysis. The findings show that social, administrative, and economic factors have a strong influence on science teachers’ career change choices. The findings further revealed that there is a significant negative association between science teachers’ career change and the overall academic performance of students. The study findings demonstrated some weaknesses in the implementation of the current education policy in Tanzania. Based on the findings, it is recommended that the policymakers and school administrators should improve learning and teaching environment, provide financial incentives, provide opportunities for science career development, and ensure science teachers are involved in the designing, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of various education policies.