• Mr Igiraneza Emmanuel
• Dr. Andala Opiyo Hesbon PhD

Abstract This research study entitled the professional Teachers’ Collaboration and teachers’ performance in public secondary schools in Rwanda, a case of Gicumbi district. This study is significance to policy-makers, educational planners as it offered the research based solutions of how collaboration should be implemented and reinforced in schools in continuous professional development. The effectiveness of these teaching and learning process largely depends on the choice of the teacher’s teaching collaboration. The purpose of this study is to analyze practice through which professional teachers collaborate with one another for effective teacher performance. The objectives that guided this study include assessing the influence of professional collaboration on teachers’ performance in public secondary school, determining the level of teachers’ performance in public secondary schools, establishing the relationship between professional teachers’ collaboration and teachers’ performance in public secondary school in Rwanda. The target population of this research was 600, from which sample size of 240 respondents was chosen as the participants of the study who were 170 students from public secondary schools, 62 teachers, 5 head teachers and 3 SEI of 3 sectors of Gicumbi district that were sampled using a purposive sampling technique while teachers and students were selected using simple random sampling . This collection adopted survey research design which used questionnaire instruments for data and interview . Three research questions were answered by respondents in this research with a view of achieving its objectives. Data was presented and analyzed into tables applying descriptive statistics (frequency, percentages and mean) and using 26.0 IBM SPPS Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26.0. After the data had been analysed, findings were summarized, general conclusions were drawn and recommendations forwarded. The findings were interpreted by using frequencies, percentages, means, and standard deviation in the tables. The results of this study could be significant for education programs. The data was analyzed, on influence of professional collaboration on teachers’ performance in public secondary schools, the overall means of results was 4.28 that was between agree (4) and strongly agree (5) which presented that the professional collaboration has the significant influence on teachers’ performance in public secondary schools. On the level of teachers’ performance in public secondary schools, the overall means of results was 4.217 that was between agree (4) and strongly agree (5) which presented that there was a significance level of teachers’ performance in public secondary schools. On the relationship between professional teachers’ collaboration and teachers’ performance in public secondary schools, the findings analysis resulted that relationship between professional teachers’ collaboration and teachers’ performance was 0.842 that was indicated that there was a statistically significant relationship between the professional teachers’ collaboration and teachers’ performance in public secondary schools in Gicumbi District, Rwanda. It was concluded that there was a statistically significant relationship between the professional teachers’ collaboration and teachers’ performance in public secondary schools in Gicumbi District, Rwanda. It recommended that schools’ Head Teachers should organize the regulations based on ministry of education policies that strengthen the professional collaboration of teachers.

Professional Teachers’ Collaboration, Teachers’ Performance, Public, Gicumbi District

"Professional Teachers’ Collaboration and Teachers’ Performance In Public Secondary Schools In Rwanda A Case of Gicumbi District", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 11, page no.b665-b677, November-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2411185.pdf

"Professional Teachers’ Collaboration and Teachers’ Performance In Public Secondary Schools In Rwanda A Case of Gicumbi District", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 11, page no. ppb665-b677, November-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2411185.pdf