Abstract

TARISAYI, Kudzayi Savious; MUNYARADZI, Everjoy  and  CHIDARIKIRE, Munyaradzi. Micro commercialisation the new threat to teacher collegiality in Masvingo district. IJTL [online]. 2020, vol.15, n.1, pp.91-100. ISSN 2519-5670.

This article interrogates the phenomenon of money-making among humanities teachers in secondary schools in Zimbabwe. Contemporary literature (Murisa, 2010; Mukeredzi, 2013) reveals that there has been a deterioration in the working conditions of teachers which has dented teacher morale to an all-time low. In order to make ends meet, teachers resort to the micro commercialisation of education. A qualitative study was carried out in Masvingo district with the purpose of exploring the effects of education commercialisation on teacher collegiality among history and geography teachers. A convenient sample comprising eight Heads of Departments (History and Geography) and 20 teachers within these departments was selected for this study. Data were generated through semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions. Findings from this study indicated that extra lessons have been commercialised, which has ripple effects on cluster-based seminars and school and teacher associations. The article concludes that micro commercialisation of education negatively affected teacher collegiality. The authors recommend that the responsible authorities should address the working conditions of teachers in order to curtail micro commercialisation activities.

Keywords : teacher collegiality; money-making; extra lessons.

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