Financial Cost For Protecting Instructional Time: A Pilot Study of Primary and Secondary Schools in Malaysia

The education sector is truly a labor-intensive industry. A large chunk of the financial cost for managing this industry is the workforce, that is, salaries for the teachers. The absenteeism of teachers, whether due to absence from the school or occupied with other duties, causes a disruption in the teaching and learning process. Classroom productivity is affected because instruction cannot take place and this will give rise to the students to experience an adverse economic impact. This financial loss to students can be estimated based on the salaries received by teachers. Two schools, a primary and a secondary school, are used for the pilot study. This case study involved 112 teachers from a primary school and 75 teachers from a high school in Kuala Lumpur. Data collected, over a period of one year, include attendance records, teacher movement records and medical appointment letters. On average, teachers who were absent from school or the classroom comprised10% of the school year. 50% of the teacher absenteeism was due to personal reasons, and 50% was due to work duties. The financiallossto students due to teacher absenteeism is estimated to be equal to that of the teacher’s average monthly salary. The total costs to both schools were calculated to be more than half a million Malaysian Ringgit for an academic year of schooling. This amount is enough to pay the annual salaries of almost seven teachers for each school. Instructional time lost needs to be prevented as this means high financial costs and an adverse impact on student learning. It also indicates the inefficient use and management of economic resources. However, the findings based on one case study alone are insufficient tojustify for an immediate change in the education policies. Further in-depth study involving more samples and more comprehensive research needs to be carried out to obtain a better picture.

School Leaders’ Opinions, Attitudes, and Performative Actions Toward Teacher Absenteeism in Kenya

The research examined school leaders’ opinions, attitudes, and performative actions toward teacher absenteeism. Existing research has primarily focused on interventions implemented by the Teachers’ Service Commission to curb teacher absenteeism, and yet since leaders are the main agents and their actions are context bound, their actual actions and insights should be accounted for when addressing absenteeism. Our study finds that though teacher absenteeism has been reduced, disheartening challenges persist. The authors recommend continuous monitoring and establishing a mentoring system.

Cost of Poor Quality Management on Organizational Performance in Educational Settings

The purpose of this case study was to explore teacher absenteeism in both primary and secondary schools administered by the Department of Basic Education (DoBE) in South Africa. Further, the chapter focuses on how this phenomenon of teacher absenteeism is managed in schools and by the departmental authorities and its implications on the organization. This chapter proposes a number of quality improvement strategies that can be employed to mediate teacher absenteeism and enhance quality management of the problem.

Emotional exhaustion and organizational commitment: Primary school teachers’ perspective

<p>Teaching is a noble profession to educate the youth of nations facing today’s global challenges. Teaching, at the same time, has become a highly challenging profession and occasionally a draining work, especially for those who are working in the remote areas. A high-level of teacher absenteeism in the primary schools of Southern Papua has blown some societal alarm for conducting studies focusing on emotional exhaustion as a latent predictor for low-performance. This study attempted to describe the eventual correlation between the emotional exhaustion and organizational commitment of teachers working in the primary schools of Merauke, Indonesia. A survey approach was employed to collect data from a total of 243 primary school teachers in Merauke, Papua, Indonesia. Data were examined statistically by employing Pearson’s correlation model. Results of analysis showed that the emotional exhaustion and commitment of primary school teachers in Merauke, Indonesia, are significantly negatively correlated. This result may be useful for the teachers to benefit from the information of how they may interact with all the school elements and the extent to which these emotions directly affect their organizational commitment. The result may also be advisable for the school leaders to take some tactical efforts of securing teachers’ emotion to promote a high-level of teachers’ organizational commitment and, in turn, improving students’ capabilities in reading, writing, and arithmetics.</p>

E-Goverment Based Education Policy Innovation Through E-Panrita Applications (online Attendance Study For Teacher at SMAN 3 Luwu)

Innovation and policy in the public sector are two terms that complement each other. Every policy, in principle, must in principle contain new innovations. This study aims to determine the innovation of E-Governmment-based educational policies through the application of E-Panrita on online attendance for teachers at SMAN 3 Luwu. This type of research is a qualitative research with descriptive research type with data collection techniques direct observation to the study site, in-depth interviews and documentation. The results showed that the innovation of the E-Panrita application is seen in the product, where in the E-Panrita application product there is a change in teacher absenteeism which previously teachers absent with a manual system is now now with an online system to facilitate the Disdik in monitoring teachers every day and the pre-existing facilities have met but still need improvement. Now the teachers can do the absence simply by using their mobile phones or gadgets. Furthermore, the method, in the form of a strategy in the innovation of E-Panrita policies such as socialization in each region. The supporting and inhibiting factors of E-Panrita application education policy innovation in online absenteeism for teachers at SMAN 3 Luwu are supporting factors including resources, regulations, teacher commitment and technology. Inhibiting factors include the network and individual understanding of the teacher.Keywords: Educational Policy, E-Government, E-Panrita