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Understanding the needs of teachers in the work place will enable leaders to fulfill these needs
and allow them to work with their effort and reaching to the expected goals. This study addresses
the effectiveness of Tanzanian public secondary school teachers’ morale upon student academic
performance in Dodoma Municipality. Its objective were to determine factors that influence
teachers’ morale in secondary school in Dodoma Municipality, to analyze the relationship
between teachers’ morale and student academic performance in secondary school in Dodoma
Municipality, to examine how social relationships build teachers’ morale in secondary school in
Dodoma Municipality and to identify how the working environment support teachers’ morale in
secondary school in Dodoma Municipality. The study was guided by the Content Theories,
Maslow’s hierarchy of need theory and Herzberg’s two-factor theory. Data for this study
collected by using the purposive sampling technique with the help of semi-structure interview
from the heads of school, parents and surrounding community while in such schools students and
teachers participated in through focus group discussion. The findings are organized, analyzed
and presented in accordance with the specific research objectives and questions. The study was
conducted in three (3) secondary schools in Dodoma Municipality. The researcher found out that
the morale of teacher is an important factor to ensure that teacher gives best product at all times.
The study determined that the relationships between teachers’ morale and student academic
performance contributed better chance of student success. Also positive social relationships and
healthy environment build teachers’ morale in secondary school and negative contributed
negative result. |
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