Effectiveness of Secondary School Management In Addressing Teachers’ Professional Misconducts in Kiteto District Manyara, Tanzania.

This study explored the effectiveness of secondary school management in addressing teachers’ professional misconducts in Kiteto district Manyara region. Specifically; To identify common secondary school Teachers’ professional misconduct, the measures taken and the perceptions of education stakeholders on the effectiveness of school management in addressing teachers’ misconducts. Both simple and purposive sampling techniques were used to obtain the sample. Purposive sampling was used to recruit the ward education officer, head of school, chairperson of school governing board and Teacher service commissioner. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the schools and members of school governing board. Content analysis and descriptive analysis were used in this study. The results show that absent from work, lateness to work, alcoholism, and improper dressing are most Teachers’ professional misconducts. The measures taken were; taking a teacher to the district disciplinary committee, transferring a misbehaving teacher, withholding teacher’s annual increment, withholding teacher’s monthly salary, suspension from work, and dismissing a teacher from service. However, the perception for some of the stakeholders was a lack of effectiveness in addressing teachers’ professional misconducts by school governing boards. Based on the findings the government under the ministry of education and vocation training and other education authorities must strengthen the counseling services for teachers and serious punishments must be taken to all teachers who are found to behave contrary to their code of conduct. Moreover, a similar study should be conducted to assess teacher’s misconduct at primary school and higher institution levels. Key words: Teachers, professional misconduct, school, Kiteto distric