Abstract:
Teaching as a career has been viewed by students who aspire to join colleges and even teachers in the field as a
peripheral profession. For this reason, there is need to understand and to discover the nature and even possible
sources of commitment. The purpose of the study was to investigate the Job factors which create positive
attitudes towards the job when they are provided and Job factors which create negative attitudes towards the job
when they are not provided. The design for the study was descriptive and expost facto. The study was anchored
on Eli Ginzberg’s theory on occupational decision-making and commitment. The population of the study was
primary school teachers. Thirty schools were randomly selected from three provinces. Three hundred and
seventy two teachers responded to research instrument. Data analysis was done through descriptive statistics and
inferential statistics namely Chi-square statistics. The study revealed that poor working conditions and terms of
service were described as depressing the public image of the teacher and to relegate the profession to a lower
status. Therefore, it is imperative for Educational planners to encourage strong parental and community support
for the schools. Schools should be well equipped and sufficient classrooms provided. Further, the study
established that: a large proportion of the teachers in the sample would continue being committed to teaching
because of three major job factors ‘Lack of alternatives’; chance to continue learning and job being close to
home. Hence, teachers should not be allowed to stagnate or begin to look elsewhere for greener pastures but
could be encouraged to develop within the profession.