This study was conducted to establish how teachers’ moonlighting and its impact on
their job performance in Dar es salaam region secondary schools. The research was
guided by three research questions these questions were: What are the nature and
forms of teachers’ moonlighting in Dar es Salaam region secondary schools? How
the moonlighting affects teachers’ job performance? What are the mechanism head
teacher’s uses in combating teachers’ secondary job problems? A total of 205
respondents involved in this study. Quantitative and qualitative techniques used to
get information from the respondents. The quantitative techniques used to get
information from the teachers and students by means of questionnaire whereas
qualitative techniques were used to get information by means of interview guide.
Data analysis was done by both quantitative and qualitative in which responses were
counted into frequencies and percentages. The findings revealed that the activities
done by teachers in Dar es Salaam are teaching private tuition, petty trade, part time
teaching, salon activities, photographing and attending small garden. The study also
reveal the causes of the teachers moonlighting behavior among them were
insufficient salary, lack of incentives, extended family, introduction of double
session and high demand of teachers. The results of the study also reveal that
moonlighting for teachers affects teachers’ job performance in Dar es Salaam. The
findings shows that the ways used by heads of school in curbing teachers
moonlighting problems that were teachers’ folio inspecting, provide incentives,
warning letter, special form, and physical follow up. Basing on the findings of the
research study recommendations have been made concerning moonlighting for the
teachers and its impacts for their job performance in Dar es Salaam region.