Choosing Teaching as a Career: Perspective of Pre-Service Teachers in Cameroon | Asian Journal of ..

Cameroon's Higher Teachers' Training Colleges (HTTCs) and Higher Teachers' Technical Training Colleges (HTTTCs) educate all teachers interested in working in the country's education system. Enrolments in initial teacher training programmes at Ecole Normale Superieur (ENS) and Ecole Normale Superieur d'Enseignement Technique (ENSET) have increased dramatically over the last decade, with peaks in numbers during the recession years. When beginning teachers complete their three-year courses with the Ministry of Higher Education, which funds their teacher education programme, there is some evidence of attrition. This study looked into the key extrinsic, intrinsic, and altruistic factors that influence people's decisions to pursue teaching as a profession in Cameroon. It also looked at the aspirations and plans of Cameroon's pre-service teachers. The research lasted six months and included a total of 210 teacher trainees in their first year (125 females and 85 males). The ‘Teaching Career Choice Scale' was used to investigate the different forms of encouragement that people have while considering teaching as a career. Subscales were added to the model of motivation types: influenced by others, career development, motivation, and alternative choice. According to the results of the report, male and female student teachers have similar motivations for choosing teaching as a profession. Both genders' mean scores were remarkably similar. The mean ranges for altruistic variables were 32.41 and 32.26 for males and females, respectively. Extrinsic and intrinsic variables were 40.18 and 37.06, respectively. Teachers were less inspired by intrinsic and altruistic causes, with a mean range of 26.07 and 26.14. The results were also addressed in relation to broader gender problems, and conclusions were drawn that could be useful to policymakers and organisations in the recruitment of students for pre-service teacher training. Please see the link- https://www.journalajess.com/index.php/AJESS/article/view/30324