Importance of intrapreneurial practices prevalent among secondary school teachers in Kalungu District (Uganda)

Abstract

This study examines teachers' business initiatives within schools (intrapreneurial ventures) and highlights the economic and educational importance of these initiatives. It first unveils the prevalence of different intrapreneurial practices among teachers, before going on to state the meaning of these practices for both the economic and professional welfare of teachers in particular, and schools in general. The study concludes with several recommendations for the development of education on the African continent.

Moonlighting agricultural practices of Ugandan rural teachers and teacher retention

“…Our research has uncovered several different types of teaching-related side-hustle. One is a form of "moonlighting," where schools unofficially share teachers (Urwick & Kisa, 2011), but improves the living wages of teachers (Gyaviira, 2016). In most of the Western industrialised countries, moonlighting is a widespread phenomenon that has by and large gone unnoticed (Blair, 2018;Gilpin, 2020;Heineck, 2009).…”

“…show that holding multiple jobs is a common practice (Chaudhury et al, 2006;Gyaviira, 2016;Timothy & Nkwama, 2017). The second side-hustle is intrapreneurial, where teachers are paid for extra roles within the context of their primary job.…”