Abstract:
Teacher turnover is a phenomenon that has assumed a global dimension thus, requiring
critical attention from all stakeholders of education. The study investigated teacher
turnover in public basic schools at Suaman district in the Western North region of
Ghana. The objectives of the study were to examine the factors that cause teacher
turnover, to find out the effects of teachers’ turnover and to identify strategies to
manage teacher turnover. The study employed purposive sampling to select the public
basic schools. Simple random technique was used to select the teachers. The data
collected were analysed using descriptive statistics. The study revealed that lack of
some social amenities causes turnover of school teachers. Also, teachers turnover leads
to disruption of learning. It is therefore recommended that, the Ministry of Education
and the Ghana Education Service should institute an incentive scheme for teachers in
remote district and areas that lack some social amenities as a form of motivation to
encourage them to stay in those areas. It is again recommended that Ghana Education
Service and the Ministry of Education should provide the basic facilities needed by the
schools to make teaching and learning effective.
Description:
A Dissertation in the Department of Educational Leadership, Faculty of Education and Communication Sciences, submitted to the School of Graduate Studies, University of Education, Winneba, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for award of the Master of Arts (Educational Leadership) degree
DECEMBER, 2020