Abstract:
Education delivery at the basic school level cannot be carried out effectively without
the required quality and quantity of teachers. This implies that the government and
educational administrators must ensure that at any point in time, measures have been
instituted to retain teachers. In view of this realization, an investigation was conducted
in why teachers leave the service and how they can be retained in the Komenda Edina
Eguafo Abrem Municipality. The research design for this study was the descriptive
survey. A sample of 190 respondents made up English teachers and those who have
left the service were selected for data collection but in the end 140 took part in the
study. A self-administered questionnaire and interview guide were the instruments
used for data collection. Data collected were edited and analyzed using the SPSS and
descriptive statistical tools such as simple frequency and relative frequency tables and
percentages. Results of the study indicated that lack of motivation and poor
compensation and working conditions were the main causes of teacher attrition in
Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem Municipality. It was revealed that adequate retirement
benefit for teachers will enable them to stay in the service. A good number of teachers
also mentioned end of year bonuses to teachers and improved medical services for
teachers and their dependents. Therefore, the study recommended that in order to
retain teachers the government should put in place the necessary measures in the short
to medium time to reverse the current rate at which teachers are leaving the
classrooms.
Description:
A THESIS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF BASIC EDUCATION, FACULTY OF
EDUCATIONAL STUDIES, SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF
GRADUATE STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA IN
PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR AWARD OF THE
MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY
DECEMBER, 2017