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Assessing Incentives of Workers of Private and Public High Schools in Sunyani Municipality, Ghana
Article Number: SIS950876AI141222
14th December, 2022
Author(s):
Tola Julie Adeniran, K. Sagary Nokoe
Abstract:
Available
and preferred incentives of staff members of five public and five private
Senior High schools in Sunyani Municipality, Ghana, West Africa, were compared
in this study during the 2021/2022 academic year. A random sample of 214 out of
645 workers from the 10 schools selected from 19 responded to 55 Likert-type questionnaires
which had been pretested and with the Cronbach score of 0.73. Inferential
statistical analysis identified several and specific incentives offered to the
two groups (private and public), as well as those they prefer. Respondents from
private institutions favoured incentives that emphasized on their development
to enhance their ability to excel and to support their remunerations with
mid-day meals. However, public sector workers prioritized facilities like
school busing, small classroom sizes and improved retirement benefits. The
revelation from the study suggests the need for educational institutions to
continuously track workers' performance against the incentives and rewards
granted. Public workers are remunerated from the public trust and assured of
timely payments and promotions, but not necessarily satisfied. Future study
will need to assess the level of satisfaction against performance of their
schools.