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Assessing the Impact of Incentives on Teacher Motivation. Ang Sopha 7th of August 2012. Research Objectives. Identify the current level of teacher motivation Explore which incentives have the greatest impact on teacher motivation Identify areas to improved outcomes
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Assessing the Impact of Incentives on Teacher Motivation AngSopha 7th of August 2012
Research Objectives • Identify the current level of teacher motivation • Explore which incentives have the greatest impact on teacher motivation • Identify areas to improved outcomes • Inform policy makers and relevant stakeholders of some areas need to address
Methodology and sampling • Methodology: interviews, surveys, focus group, document reviews • Participants: • POE = 4 • DOEs = 12 • school directors=84 • teachers=302 • Other =84 Community Groups
Background Characteristic • 57% of respondents have of between 1-3 dependent children • 19% have 4 or more dependent children
Basic Salary Basic Salary & Pedagogical
20% Salary Increase • 83% stated they had received this increase annually • 8% had not received the increase • 8% percent did not know Has the 20% Salary Increase Improved Motivation of Teachers
Proposed Basic Salary Basic Salary Proposed by Respondents
The Impact of the monetary incentives on teacher motivations Level of Impact of Incentives
De-motivation factors • low salary • poor management from supervisor/director • salary deduction and delay • 59% whose salary is deducted stated that this was demotivating factors • 72% of respondents who experienced salary delay in receipt of salary sated that it has significant impact on their motivation. • salary payments were frequently 1-2 weeks late. • limited capacity development.
85% of interviewees reported attend training • 15% of interviewees reported never attend training • Figure 12: Frequency of CPD
Current motivation of Teachers • 50.5% of teachers were very motivated • 33.7% said they were fairly motivated. • The most common reasons for being highly motivated • want to help students • want to provide good education • love teaching • Overall, 67% felt that their career is interesting or very interesting.
Recommendations: • The Government should continue to increase salaries for teachers • Speed the process of transferring salary through bank system and minimizing informal deduction • MoEYS, PoE and DoE should ensure a better provision and distribution of teaching and learning materials.
Research Advisory Group: Mr. Peter de Vries from UNICEF Dr. ChhinhSitha from RUPP Ms. TekVannaret from MoEYS Ms. Marina Oro from UNESCO Mr. Kou Bounkheang from Save the Children Mr. RosSereisatya from VSO Mr. SoungHuot from NEAD Thank you