Unraveling the Factors Affecting Morale of Teachers Working in Private Educational Institutions of Pakistan

Abstract

This study was carried out to explore the teachers’ morale working in private schools. The present study also explored the effect of gender, marital status, academic and professional qualification, teaching experience, age and salary on the teachers’ morale. Amongst the teachers working in private secondary and higher secondary schools of Islamabad Capital Territory, 949 were selected as sample for study through random sampling technique. Morale scale developed by Hardy (2009), was used for exploring the teachers’ morale, consisted of three dimensions: affective, future / goal and interpersonal. Mean, standard deviation and multiple regression analysis were used for finding out the results through SPSS 21. Teachers’ morale was moderately high. Marital status, teaching experience and salary have significant effect on the teachers’ morale. Whereas, gender, academic & professional qualification and age of the teachers have no significant effect on teachers’ morale. Based on the findings of this study, it is recommended that schools may provide faculty development program on frequent basis. Schools may recognize the efforts of teachers by providing appreciation letters, rewards and pay increase for retaining qualified teachers in schools.