Assessment of teachers’ turnover in secondary schools in Tanzania: the case study of selected secondary schools in Dar es salaam region
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2014
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University of Dar es Salaam
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This study was aimed at assessing teachers’ turnover in secondary schools. A case study of Benjamin Mkapa, Mwenge open Academy and Midlands secondary schools in Dar es Salaam region.The study had three specific objectives. First to investigate the causes of teachers’ turnover in secondary schools, secondary the study sought to study the effects of teachers turnover and finally to assess the attitudes of teachers towards staying in schools. A sample of 78 respondents was selected for the study. A simple random and purposive sampling was used to select the respondents. 78 questionnaires were distributed to teachers in the named schools. Methods of data collection were survey and observation. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was applied in the initial stages of data analyzing. While the actual data analysis was based on content analysis strategy. The findings of this study indicated that the majority of teachers in these schools were quitting their job, due to low salary, poor work conditions, lack of training, weak trade unions, and lack of positive reinforcements. On effects of turnover, the findings indicated that, teachers’ turnover led to decline in quality of education, decrease in students’ performance, increase in hiring costs, fall in confidence of parents and pupils on schools with high turnover, however, the findings discovered that in some extent turnover was envied by some students when hard working teachers replaced inefficient teachers.Finally the study found that the positive attitudes of teachers to remain in schools was a function of good work environment, high salary, career development, active trade unions, and positive reinforcement to high performing teachersThe study recommended to the government and other stakeholders in the education sector measures to be applied in order to minimize teachers’ turnover
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Labor turnover, teacher turnover, Secondary schools, Dar es Salaam region, Tanzania
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Mwaisela, C. A (2014) Assessment of teachers’ turnover in secondary schools in Tanzania: the case study of selected secondary schools in Dar es salaam region,Master dissertation, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam.