Teacher's Problems

Major reasons for lack of motivation in primary and secondary school teachers:-

Government School Teachers

• Inadequate salary. In Pakistan, primary school teachers earn roughly between Rs 5000 and Rs 8000 (50 to $100). This is almost the same for a cook, gardener or chauffeur often earns.Therefore,many primary school teachers in Pakistan are forced to take on extra jobs to supplement their incomes, they are often absent from the classroom.

• Teaching is seen as a temporary job that will be left once a better opportunity comes along.

• Horrible working conditions many teachers must endure further lessen their motivation. They discourage possible candidates from becoming teachers and often lead to incumbent teachers leaving the profession.

• There is little opportunity for career advancement in the teaching profession in Pakistan, especially for primary school teachers. The only one available to most teachers is to move into secondary school teaching. This however, has negative effects on the primary school system, since it is often the most motivated teachers who leave teaching primary school for secondary school.

• There is virtually no system of accountability for teachers. There is no local authority to ensure that teachers attend classes and teach their students. Head teachers have little authority to censure teachers who do not turn up for work. Even parents have no way to endure proper teaching. 

          ( Inspired from : http://www.yespakistan.com/education/teacher_motivation.asp)
Private School Teachers 

• There is no forum where teachers can go with their grievances. Private school owners have ABSOLUTE power of hire and fire.
• Teachers are kept on the job WITHOUT CONTRACT. Mainly due to the reason that owners do not want to increase salary with experience.
• No system for gauging performance of teachers.
• The owners prefer quick hiring and firing because it saves them money.    
• Teachers are not paid SUMMER VACATION salaries on one pretext or the other whereas schools charge fees from the students