A Study on Absenteeism of Secondary School Teachers With Regard To Type of Management of Schools

Author(s): Dr. S Balamurugan

Abstract:

The destiny of the nation is being shaped in the classroom is not rhetoric. It focuses on the essential role; the teaching community is expected to play in making education qualitative. Education is a bed-rock to any nation’s development either socially, economically or politically. School factors (Physical Factor) are institutional characteristics and working conditions that in different ways influence teachers‟ absenteeism. They include: Lack of group accepted norms, poor leadership style of the principal, lack of effective supervision and monitoring policies by the school administration and Ministry of Education, the status of the school whether private or public, poor school infrastructure and equipment, lack of in-service training programs among other motivation policies, high pupil-teacher ratio and assignment of other school administrative duties. Absenteeism has been a major human relations problem, irrespective of government and private organizations across the globe. It brings about a huge financial burden on the organizations. Consequently, it has a detrimental effect on their productivity and performance (Barmase & Shukla, 2013). Comparatively, public schools are affected drastically than private schools in terms of absenteeism of teachers in providing quality education to learners. The problem of teacher absenteeism is a growing concern at worldwide. It has caused broad-ranging consequences for governments, school boards, Heads of the school, teachers, students, and other stakeholders. A teacher in the classroom is an important prerequisite for learning to take place. Teacher absenteeism, thus, represents a problem that reduces the opportunities for children to learn at school.

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