f actors affecting retired primary school teachers to attain sustainable livelihood: a survey of busia district

Abstract

Most retired primary school teachers in Busia District are unable meet their financial obligations. The findings, analysis and recommendations from this study should contribute to the improvement of teacher’s pension before retirement to make them live a better life after retirement. The study investigated factors affecting retired primary school teachers to attain sustainable livelihood. The descriptive survey design was used because the study will employ both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The proposed study will purposively sample 52 out of the 172 male and female retired primary school teachers in four division of the larger Busia District through Snowballing sampling method. The quantitative data was presented in the form of frequencies, percentages and tables using descriptive statistics. On the other hand qualitative data was presented in a narrative form after capturing the respondent’s perception. The study found that 51.9% respondents did not achieve their goal of buying land for development, 69.3% respondents did not carry out farming to get enough food for their families, 69.3 % did not invest in any profitable business enterprises, 98.1% retirees did not build descent houses for their families, 98.1% retirees are affected by the low pension per month that hinders them to achieve indicators for sustainable livelihood and 75 % retirees reported that unclear policies on retirement contributes great deal to their plight. The study recommends that the government should develop and institutionalize policies to handle the challenges that face retired primary school teachers and more so carry out an annual review of teachers’ pension to meet the ever increasing demands of life.