‘Birds of a Feather Flock Together!’: Rural Teacher Recruitment Policy and Retention in and for Hard-to-Staff Ugandan Schools

Arinaitwe, Gilbert; Williamson, John; Kilpatrick, Sue

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-4124-7_16

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“…Examples of these motivations are indicated in Table 2 below. Regardless of their dedication and responsibility, professional teachers in many if not most parts of the world are often underpaid compared to similarly educated workers (Garcia et al, 2009;Liu & Onwuegbuzie, 2012), and many turns to side-hustles to make ends meet (Arinaitwe, 2021).…”

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Moonlighting agricultural practices of Ugandan rural teachers and teacher retention

Arinaitwe

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2023

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This paper explores a little understood aspect of education labour markets, the tendency for teachers to simultaneously engage in both white-collar side-hustle and blue-collar or land-based entrepreneurial activities. The papers argues that teacher’s engagement in multiple activities such as moonlighting and agriculture in rural community enhances their income and this helps to compensate for wage differentials with their urban counterparts. This practice is also associated with teacher retention and community integration of teachers which is a common challenge relating to rural school staffing. We suggest that the phenomenon of non-education related teacher side-hustles, which are typically understood to be problematic, is a more complex issue and a practice which may have potential benefits for hard-to-staff schools.

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