TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION .................................................................................................. i
APPROVAL ....................................................................................................... ii
DEDICATION ................................................................................................... iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................... iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................... v
LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................... viii
LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................................ X
ABSTRACT ...................................................................................................... xi
CHAPTER ONE ................................................................................................ xi
INTRODUTION .................................................................................................. 1
1.1 Background of the study .............................................................................. 1
1.2 Statement of the problem ......................................................................... 2
1.3 Objectives of the study ............................................................................ 2
1.3.1 General objectives .................................................................................... 2
1.3.2 Specific objections were to; ................................................................. 3
1.4 Research questions ................................................................................ 3
1.5 Significance of the study ........................................................................ 3
1.6 Scope of the study ................................................................................. .4
1. 7 Motivation theory ....................................................................................... 4
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CHAPTER TWO ................................................................................................ 8
LITERATURE REVIEW ..................................................................................... 8
2.0 Introduction .................................................................................................. 8
2.1 The relationship between teachers' motivation and performance ................ 8
2.2 Teacher Salary and Motivation of teachers ............................................... 12
2.3 Other factors affecting academic performance of learners ........................ 13
2.3.1 Teacher qualifications and achievements ............................................... 13
2.3.1 Facilities in Schools and Academic Performance ................................... 15
CHAPTER THREE .......................................................................................... 16
METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................ 16
3.0 lntroduction .............................................................................................. 16
3.1 Research design ........................................................................................ 16
3.2 Environment/Area and population of study ................................................ 16
3.3 Sample selection ....................................................................................... 17
3.4 Data collection .......................................................................................... 17
3.4.1 Research instruments ............................................................................. 17
3.5 Data collection procedure ........................................................................ 17
3.6 Methods of data analysis .......................................................................... 18
3.7 Statistical Treatment of Data .................................................................... 18
CHAPTER FOUR ............................................................................................ 19
DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION ...................... 19
4.0 Introduction ............................................................................................... 19
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4.1 Profile of the respondents .......................................................................... 19
4.2 Teacher Transfer and Academic Performance of Students ....................... 20
4.3 Teacher Promotion and academic Performance of pupils ......................... 26
CHARPTER FIVE ............................................................................................ 41
DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ......................... .41
5.0. lntroduction ............................................................................................... 41
5.1 Discussions ............................................................................................... 41
5.2 Conclusion ................................................................................................. 42
5.3 Recommendations ..................................................................................... 43
5.4 Suggestion for further research ................................................................ .43
REFERENCES ................................................................................................ 44
APPENDICIES ................................................................................................ 46
APPENDIX I: ................................................................................................... 46
QUESTIONAIRE TO THE TEACHER ............................................................ .46
APPENDIX II: .................................................................................................. 52
FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION FOR THE STUDENTS .................................. 52
APPENDIX Ill: TIME FRAME OF THE STUDY ............................................... 53
APPENDIX IV: ................................................................................................. 54
BUDGET OF THE STUDY. ............................................................................. 54
ABSTRACT The study investigated the teacher motivation and how they affect the petformance of students in Makindye Division Kampala district of Uganda. The objectives of the study were to investigate whether the teachers transfer affect academic petformance of students, determine whether teacher promotion affect students' academic petformance, determine whether increase of teachers' salary affect the academic petformance of students. The methods used in data collection were interviewing and observation questionnaires to the respondents who were the teachers, who were the major respondents in this study and a focus group discussion with the students who also provide some vital information. Findings show that teacher transfer, promotion and increase in teachers' salary affect the academic petformance of students in a positive way. Recommendations were made on findings which included among others that government should make sure that teachers should be given something to motivate them so that they feel appreciated and also improve on their petformance and that schools should make sure they reward teachers who are hardworking to encourage them do more than they are doing.