The level of teachers' job satisfaction in secondary schools of East Darfur state in Sudan

Elssadig Ali Elssalih

doi:10.47577/tssj.v21i1.3754

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate teachers’ job satisfaction in secondary schools of East Darfur state in Sudan. The sources of data for this research remained secondary school teachers and school principals. The primary data collection instrument was questionnaire for teachers. Besides, the sample school principals was an interview. The sample consists of 650 teachers and ten principals. Teachers were selected using simple random sampling; the school principals were selected using purposive sampling. The questionnaire was distributed to 284 teachers, and the interview was administered to 8 principals, 284 teachers, and eight principals who filled in the questionnaire and returned them. Descriptive statistics, one-sample t-test, and ANOVA test were employed in this study using SPSS to analyze the quantitative data. The qualitative data were analyzed utilizing the thematic analysis method and interview. The study's main findings indicated that there is statistical significance since it is P <0.5. There is a lower level of teachers’ job satisfaction in secondary schools of East Darfur state. One-Way ANOVA showed that were statistically significant differences between groups about the teachers’ job satisfaction of the variables. In conclusion, the teachers ‘satisfaction in secondary schools requires continuous support to raise the level of school teachers. The paper proposed research recommendations and significant suggestions. Since this study was delimited only to education in Eldaien within a single locality, in East Darfur State, the findings lack comprehensive and generalizability of the area. As a result, researchers are recommended to undertake similar research secondary schools at the national level and develop all-embracing and superior findings.

Highlights

1.1 Background of the Study Job satisfaction has been an issue of concern for many researchers in the past, mainly because of its connection with important organizational phenomena, such as turnover, absenteeism and organizational effectiveness (Gkolia, Belias, & Koustelios, 2014)
Many academics, including Maslow (1943), Frederick Herzberg (1987), agree that employees' achievements are positively influenced by work satisfaction, whereas dissatisfaction may negatively reflect their efficiency
The study revealed that Eldaien school teachers have lower level of job satisfaction in their schools and the practice of satisfaction is lesser as was expected

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Introduction

1.1 Background of the Study Job satisfaction has been an issue of concern for many researchers in the past, mainly because of its connection with important organizational phenomena, such as turnover, absenteeism and organizational effectiveness (Gkolia, Belias, & Koustelios, 2014). Crossman and Harris (2006) noted that job satisfaction refers to the perception of an individual's level of workplace attractiveness if both positive and negative outcomes are measured against each other. This is an affective reaction to a job arising from the person's comparison of the actual outcomes with those desired, expected, or deserved. Sudan's educational system consists of three educational stages: pre-school, basic (primary) education, and secondary education. By the end of this step, kids can join the essential education stage; this basic or primary school duration is for eight years (from six years old to thirteen years old). Teacher policy requires urgent attention because the equity gap in education is exacerbated by the shortage and uneven distribution of professionally trained teachers, especially in Sudan's disadvantaged areas

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