Publication: An investigation of the drives influencing teacher turnover in Primary schools in Kisumu East District – Kisumu County, Kenya
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2015-06
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Mount Kenya University
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Turnover is the movement of employees out of an organization or any permanent departure beyond
organizational boundaries. Turnover has become increasingly important in debates about the
teaching profession in the world. For the last five years there has been many teachers quitting the
teaching profession to other jobs. Teacher turnover poses a threat to the education sector by
limiting or reducing the availability of qualified teachers to undertake teaching services. Despite
various complaints by parents, teachers and employers in relation to teacher turnover, drives
contributing to turnover have not been adequately addressed. The purpose of this study therefore
is to assess how remunerations, motivation and work conditions influence teacher turnover in
primary school in Kisumu East District, Kisumu County. The objectives of the study were to,
assess the extent to which remuneration affect teacher turnover in primary schools, examine the
effects of work condition on teacher turn over and assess how motivation affect teacher turnover
in primary schools. The study’s findings would be beneficial to the employer and Ministry of
Education as the recommendations would assist to focus on teachers’ welfare towards controlled
teacher turnover. Human capital theory was used to explain the concept of teacher turn over and
A conceptual framework was used to guide the study. The research design was descriptive survey
design and mixed methodology. Stratified sampling and simple random sampling techniques was
used to get the study sample and the sample population respectively. The questionnaire was
administered to the head teachers; teachers and ex-teachers while the interview was conducted for
head teachers and education officer. Content validity was ascertained by experts from the school
of education, Mount Kenya University. A pilot study was carried out to ascertain reliability
through test retest technique, outcome of the pilot was used to remove ambiguities, inconsistency
and weaknesses noted. Quantitative data from closed ended section of the questionnaire was
analyzed using the descriptive statistics such as tables. The research found out that teachers are
faced with a lot of drives that compels them to move out of the profession. The employer is not
keen to provide adequate teacher remuneration, conducive work environment, incentives for
teacher motivation and fringe benefits. The research recommends that policy makers should work
on improving the professional prestige of teaching.
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