Human resource management activities and teacher performance in selected rural secondary schools of Isingiro district Uganda

Abstract

The study set out to examine the relationship between human resource management activities on teachers' performance in selected rural secondary schools of lsingiro. The study examined the relationship between recruitment, staff development, remuneration and working relations on teachers ' performance. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, case study design comprising of quantitative and qualitative research methods was used. The study was carried out in six schools and the sample size was selected through simple and random sampling techniques .The sample size comprised of 6 head teachers, 128 teachers of which 54 were females and 68 males. Questionnaires, interviews and observations were used to collect data. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used to analyse data with descriptive and inferential statistics. The study revealed that human resource management activities particularly recruitment, remuneration, staff development and working relations had a relationship on teachers' performance. The study recommended that schools should formulate effective and efficient policies that recruitment, staff development, remuneration and working relations policies should be incorporated with human resource management activities for improved teachers' performance in rural secondary schools.