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Download full textHan, Christine; Karamperidou, Despina; Peirolo, Silvia – UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2021
Teacher absenteeism constitutes a significant barrier to achieving quality education in many low- and middle-income countries globally, where teachers' school absence rates range from 3 per cent to 27 per cent. Over the past few decades, Zanzibar has implemented a number of policy reforms and made tremendous progress in expanding access to primary…
Descriptors: Employee Absenteeism, Teacher Behavior, Barriers, Educational Quality
Han, Christine; Peirolo, Silvia – UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2021
Teacher absenteeism constitutes a significant barrier to achieving quality education in many low- and middle-income countries globally, where teachers' school absence rates range from 3 per cent to 27 per cent. Tanzania Mainland has made significant progress in achieving universal primary education and improving the quality of education. Since…
Descriptors: Teacher Attendance, Educational Quality, Barriers, Outcomes of Education
Mfaume, Hamisi; Bilinga, Margareth – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2017
This study explored stakeholders' views on preventive measures towards increasing teachers' malpractices in schools in Tanzania. Specifically, the study sought to identify prevalent forms of teachers' malpractices; explore factors for their occurrence; and explore views on how to forestall the problem. It draws on qualitative and quantitative data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attitude Measures, Teacher Behavior, Crime
Direct linkTao, Sharon – International Journal of Educational Development, 2013
Tanzanian teachers have been criticised for a variety of behaviours such as absenteeism, lack of preparation and rote-teaching. This paper introduces an analytical framework that attempts to provide explanations for these behaviours by locating Capability Approach concepts within a Critical Realist theory of causation. Qualitative data from three…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Criticism, Teacher Attendance, Rote Learning
Mgonja, Michael Greyson – International Journal of Educational Leadership and Management, 2017
Workplace absenteeism has widely been reported to be a serious problem which undermines smooth service delivery both in developed and developing nations. The problem is reported to be more serious in developing nations. This paper is therefore studying the mechanisms used to mitigate workplace absenteeism, their adequacy and the effective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employee Absenteeism, Teacher Attendance, Public Schools
Roberts, Daniel M.; Brown, Alisha M. B.; Edwards, Laura – Educational Action Research, 2015
Access to primary and secondary education in Tanzania has drastically expanded in the past two decades. In response to this success, its ministry is now targeting improvements in educational quality through additional reform. Yet teacher absenteeism, physical abuse, overcrowding, lecture-based pedagogy and a system of accountability based…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Action Research, Teaching Methods, After School Programs
