Abstract:

The aim of this research is to determine the reward - punishment policies applied to the primary school teachers of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and to find out the opinions and expectations of the administrators and teachers about these policies. Stratified sampling strategy was used to determine the sample of this study. A questionnaire was applied to 72 primary school teachers and 25 administrators. The research study showed that the administrators were informed partially about the reward policies. But, a very small number of the teachers were informed about the reward policies in the Teacher's Act of 1986. Yet the study indicated that both groups highly supported the reward policies in the Teacher's Act. It was also found that the administrators and teachers highly supported the reward proposals. The study showed that the administrators and teachers were highly informed about the punishment policies in the Teacher's Act. But there is a significant difference in favor of administrators. Administrators and teachers supported these punishment items of the Teacher's Act. It was identified that the administrators highly and the teachers partially supported the punishment policies in the Teacher's Act.

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