Teachers’ Perception on Advancement of Their Education: Implication on Societal Development Now and Beyond: A Case Study of Kithungo/Kitundu Ward

Josephine Mbithe Mutie (Corresponding Author) Teachers Service Commission, Kenya josephine.mbithe@yahoo.com
Lazarus Ndiku Makewa Lukenya University ndikul@gmail.com

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to determine how teachers perceive the advancement of their education. The following aspects were considered: Value of education, challenges faced by teachers while advancing their education including and not limited to: Satisfaction with the current level of education, teachers having more education than other members of staff, lack of family support, teachers have other important projects to attend to, lack of administrative support, lack of support from staff members, those who have joined are no better, too old to be in a class, university education is too stressing. The study used descriptive statistics and comparative design; questionnaires were administered to one hundred and twenty teachers (120) who were present during the period of data collection (64 males and 56 females).The alpha level selected for the determination of statistical significance and hypothesis testing was 0.05.The findings of the study revealed that majority of the teachers fail to advance in their education due to personal, administrative and collegial perceptions.