The Influence of Teachers Service Commission’s Strategic focus on Teachers’ Performance in Public Secondary Schools in Migori County, Kenya

Teachers are the central elements for the overall school's good performance, and their commitment to their job is a milestone for success, which comes as a result of motivation. For effective school operations, the employer should identify instruments and the most modern ways that can motivate teachers as they execute their roles. The motives of the teacher can be synergetic depending on the drive and at the same time antagonistic when the drive is withdrawn, as it seeks to improve the efficiency, analysis, and the tools that they can apply to help improve the learning outcome. Notwithstanding some influences brought about by Teachers Service Commission's strategic focus to all the teachers in the country, there are improved levels of teacher performance from the neighboring counties than Migori, thereby, leading to the purpose of the study: to establish the influence of Teachers Service Commission's strategic focus on teachers' performance within Migori County, Kenya. A cross-sectional survey was employed for the study with a population of 3010 teachers, 27 principals, and 10 Teachers Service Commission Sub-County Directors of Education. Simple random sampling pegged at 30% was used to select 81 principals, purposive sampling was used to select 10 TSC Sub-County Directors of Education, and Cluster sampling was used to select 346 teachers, making a total of 427 respondents. Research questionnaires were administered to teachers and principals, and a Focus Group Discussion was conducted with the teachers. At the same time, the interview guide was used to collect data from TSC Sub-County Directors of Education. A pilot study was done in each category of the respondents to establish the validity of the research tools, where 36 teachers, eight principals, and 2 Sub-County Directors of Education were included. The test-retest method was used to test reliability, and Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient was further used to determine the reliability coefficient of .70 and above, ascertaining the reliability of the instruments. Quantitative data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics, where frequency counts, percentage, mean, and standard deviation were used, while qualitative data was coded, transcribed, and organized thematically. The study established that the Teachers Service Commission's strategic focus has a moderate positive motivational influence on teacher performance (r=0.549, p<.05). From the findings, the null hypothesis was rejected. The findings of the study may be of value to the Education developers, the employer, and stakeholders to help improve the reward system and invest significantly in the teachers who enhance improvement and the best results on learners' academic achievements.