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THE WORKING OF TEACHER DEPLOYMENT POLICY

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datacite.subject.fosSocial sciences::Educational sciences
dc.contributor.authorTaulo, Emmanuel Francisco
dc.cosupervisor8b17c81d-8be1-4ab1-877b-46cb7163b867
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-22T08:54:26Z
dc.date.available2025-01-22T08:54:26Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-01
dc.descriptionSubmitted to the Department of Education Foundations, School of Education, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education(Policy, Planning and Leadership)
dc.description.abstractThis thesis uses a theoretical framework comprising Education Equity Theory and Socio-reproduction Theory to analyse teacher deployment policy in relation to providing equal access to quality secondary school education with the aim of bridging the gap between the rich and the poor. Using qualitatively-driven mixed methods approach, the study was conducted in selected Conventional Secondary Schools (CSSs) and Community Day Secondary Schools (CDSSs) in four districts of Shire Highlands Education Division (SHED) of Malawi. Data was collected from questioners, interviews, ministry and school documents. Data was analysed to find out how teacher deployment policy is performing in allocating teachers in CDSSs and CSSs with regard to four key factors; academic qualifications, experience, motivation and work commitment of teachers/head-teachers. With regard to the four key factors, the study finds teacher deployment to be biased in favour of CSSs. Consequently, CSS students (majorly rich) are getting high quality education and go on to get university degrees with higher chances of securing lucrative jobs while CDSS students (majorly poor) get less quality education and fail to go on to get university degrees and have little chances of securing lucrative jobs. Hence, the gap between the rich and the poor continues to widen. Therefore, the study concludes that the working of the teacher deployment policy, at least in SHED, is partially contributing to the widening gap between the rich and the poor in Malawi
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.unima.ac.mw/handle/123456789/637
dc.language.isoen
dc.schoolscentersoptionsb0f5f6f8-db8f-4964-9f11-a4d5b2c6d1d6
dc.subjectTeacher
dc.subjectDeployment policy
dc.subjectGap
dc.subjectRich
dc.subjectPoor
dc.subjectEducation Equity Theory
dc.subjectSocio-reproduction Theory
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectSecondary School
dc.subjectShire Highlands
dc.subjectSocio-economic inequality
dc.supervisor8ad41d4a-6d1c-4dd6-ad29-c5b04046ea53
dc.titleTHE WORKING OF TEACHER DEPLOYMENT POLICY
dc.title.alternativePARTIALLY CONTRIBUTING TO THE WIDENING GAP BETWEEN THE RICH AND THE POOR IN MALAWI.
dc.typetext::thesis::master thesis
dspace.entity.typePublication
oairecerif.author.affiliationUniversity of Malawi

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