CBMP Analytical Report Part 1 - Transparency and Accountability ...

Also, the failure to return the same day by those who go to collect salaries reduce the
contact time with pupils (who are entitled to this service), especially in rural areas
where teachers are few [and it is difficult to allocate other teachers to the same class].
3.2.5 Anomalies in Salary Amounts
While the incidences of ‘not returning quickly’ from salary collected did not feature
highly among the teachers concerns, the study found out that 17.3% had had
anomalies in their salaries in the past six months. The main anomaly was that the
salary was not equal to officially expected salary. While the extent of irregularities
were not quantified, this is potentially a point of leakage of government funds which
might be of systemic nature. The Table below shows the statistic;
Table 6: Whether Salary was Equal to Officially Expected one in past 6 Months
Response Frequency Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid Yes 229 82.7 82.7
No 35 12.6 95.3
Both Cases
have arisen
13 4.7 100.0
Total 277 100.0
Total 300
Source: Authors Analyzed Raw Data
The table above has it that only 82.7% of the teachers had a perfect pay record in the
past six months. And, to avoid hasty generalization, the study further dug out
information to find out whether these anomalies were one-off events or they had
been trends. It was revealed that a significant 6.5% had had this incident every
month, 5.7% had faced this incident twice in the past six months while another 5.7%
of the teachers had this incident five times. In addition to this scenario, the study
shows that none of the ‘victim teachers’ know why this is happening. This becomes a
huge set-back to the teachers’ morale of teaching.
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