Teacher Training and Provision of Quality Education in Public Secondary Schools in Arusha City

Kennedy Omondi Otieno – St. Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT), Arusha
Elizabeth Ludovick Temba – Tengeru Institute of Community Development
Email: omondiken2016@gmail.com/ betkatabi@gmail.com

Abstract: This study examined the relationship between teacher training and provision of quality education in secondary schools in Arusha city. Data was collected from 8 public schools; one DEO and 8 school heads were purposively sampled while 99 teachers from public secondary schools were sampled using stratified and simple random sampling. Questionnaires were used to collect data. The reliability test for the teacher’s questionnaire (r=0.985) was done through split half method. The study employed Ex-post facto research design. Data collected was analyzed using multiple regression analysis. For the first hypothesis, there was a positive correlation among the seven independent variables and the dependent variable – provision of quality education (R=0.650; F (11, 98) = 14.665; p<0.05). The seven variables accounted for 65% of the total variance in the dependent measure (R2 =0.605). Thus, the study reveals a significant relationship between pre-service training and provision of quality education in public Secondary Schools (F> 2.52). Similarly, for the second hypothesis, there was a positive correlation among the seven independent variables and the dependent variable – provision of quality education (F (10, 98) = 56.265; p<0.05).The seven variables accounted for 86.5% of the total variance in the dependent measure (R2=0.849). A significant relationship between in-service training and provision of quality education in public secondary schools (F>2.52) was established. Consequently, the null hypotheses were rejected and the alternative hypotheses were accepted. Therefore, the study recommends teacher training, recruitment of more competent teachers, better remuneration of teachers, and continuous education and training as the factors that the government and all stakeholders should pay more attention to.