Mhando, Emmanuel J2024-09-262024-09-262016APAhttps://scholar.mzumbe.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1310A dissertation submitted to the School of Public Administration and Management in partial fulfillment of the requirements for award of the Degree of Master of Science in Human Resource Management (Msc. HRM) of Mzumbe UniversityThe focus of this study was to identify the challenges encountered by public secondary school teachers in performance management particularly OPRAS in Arusha City Council. The specific objectives of the study were; to find out how OPRAS is implemented by the public secondary school teachers in Arusha City Council; to identify some challenges faced by public secondary school teachers in OPRAS implementation, to identify the strategies used by Arusha City Council to address the challenges of implementing OPRAS in Arusha City Council. The sample size was 90 respondents. Methods used to collect data were questionnaires which were provided to the respondents to be filled and then analysed. Data were analysed by applying quantitative and qualitative methods. Quantitative data were analysed by using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) programme and presented by using tables and graphs. The research results have shown that inadequate resources, absence of feedback, absence of training and seminars on how to fill the OPRAS forms impeded the implementation of OPRAS Several recommendations and measures are suggested to improve OPRAS implementation. These recommendations included the following: adequate training and seminars, management support, OPRAS forms to be reviewed, revised to fit the demands of teacher’s cadre, provision of motivation and rewards and monitoring and reviewing to be given priority. When all these are put in place there will be effective implementation of OPRAS.enArusha city councilPublic secondary schoolOPRASPublic secondary school teachersThesis