Job Satisfaction Of Science Teachers In Public Secondary Schools In Murang'a East District, Murang’a County, Kenya

ABSTRACT In Kenya there are concerns about teacher retention. Various research done have found out that school performance is directly linked to the quality and quantity of teacher remuneration. Teachers’ job satisfaction and performance is dependent on incentives to teachers. Data recorded in various District Education Offices indicate that science teachers in Kenya are leaving the teaching profession to take up jobs in other careers. The teachers who are leaving teaching are usually the young and enthusiastic and hence affecting performance in science subjects at the national examinations a…