A Dissertation Submitted to the School of Public Administration and Management
in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Award of the Degree of Master of
Science in Human Resource Management (Msc HRM) of Mzumbe University
The focus of this study was to identify the challenges encountered by public secondary
school teachers in performance management particularly OPRAS in Arusha City
Council. The specific objectives of the study were; to find out how OPRAS is
implemented by the public secondary school teachers in Arusha City Council; to identify
some challenges faced by public secondary school teachers in OPRAS implementation,
to identify the strategies used by Arusha City Council to address the challenges of
implementing OPRAS in Arusha City Council. The sample size was 90 respondents.
Methods used to collect data were questionnaires which were provided to the
respondents to be filled and then analysed.
Data were analysed by applying quantitative and qualitative methods. Quantitative data
were analysed by using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) programme and
presented by using tables and graphs.
The research results have shown that inadequate resources, absence of feedback, absence
of training and seminars on how to fill the OPRAS forms impeded the implementation
of OPRAS
Several recommendations and measures are suggested to improve OPRAS
implementation. These recommendations included the following: adequate training and
seminars, management support, OPRAS forms to be reviewed, revised to fit the
demands of teacher’s cadre, provision of motivation and rewards and monitoring and
reviewing to be given priority. When all these are put in place there will be effective
implementation of OPRAS.