Teacher transfer policy implementation and service delivery in selected government aided secondary schools in mbale district in Uganda.

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to establish the effect of teacher transfer policy implementation on service delivery in selected government aided schools. The study was guided by the following objectives; to indentify the effects of teacher transfer policy implementation on the delivery of academic curricular, co-curricular and the management of students discipline in Mbale district. The study sample was selected through simple random and purposive sampling techniques. The sample size comprised of sixteen head teachers, four educational officers and one hundred eighty one teachers. Data was collected through questionnaires, interviews and document analysis. The study used both quantitative and qualitative data analysis techniques. The researcher established that transfers in government aided secondary schools give over stay transfers to those who do not deserve it. The findings also reveal that there is a significant relationship between overstay transfer affect the output of the transferee and transfers affect the quality of tasks performed by the teacher at 0.0I level (1-tailed). The findings further revealed on the effect of teacher transfer implementation on co-curricular activities that majority of the respondents disagreed that the transferred teachers are very active in co-curricular. The findings also revealed that there is significant relationship between teacher transfer in order to meet new changes and transferred teacher cover the syllabus in time at 0.05 level (I-tailed). On management of students discipline the findings reveal no relationship between teachers given transfers in order to meet new changes and transferred teacher are very active in instilling discipline. In conclusion transferred teachers are not always active in syllabus coverage, co-curricular activities and in management of students' discipline. The study therefore recommended that ministry of education enacts policy on notifying in advance teachers who are supposed to be transferred so as to prepare them in time for next appointment. Furthermore time of transfer should not be within the academic calendar to avoid interruptions in the system.