Major Causes of Teachers' Turnover in Selected Government and Private Secondary Schools in Addis Ababa: A Comp Ara Tive Study
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2011-02
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The main purpose of this study was to investigate factors that cause teachers' turnover in
government and private secondary schools in Addis Ababa city administration in a comparative
manner. To conduct this comparative study, a descriptive survey research method wos
employed to explore and describe the major causes of teachers' turnover in the selected
government and private secondary schools. The data for the study was collected from 56 exteachers
and 253 currently working teachers of 12 sampled schaols (6 government and 6 private
schools) in Addis Ababa city administratian. In additian 12 directors of the sampled schools were
also included in the study. The respondents were included in the study by employing availability
sampling to select ex-teachers and purposive sampling to include the directors, Proportional
stratified, stroti/ied random and simple random sampling technique were used to select
currently working teachers. Questionnaire was used to gather information on causes of teachers'
turnover and interview was also employed to complement the information obtained through
Questionnaire. Both quantitative and qualitative techniques were used to analyze the data. The
results of the data analysis showed that inadequate salary that teachers get, poor working
condition of the school, administrative problems, student character and disciplinary problems,
low social status accorded to teachers by the society, teachers' lack of initial preference to
teaching profession and lack of opportunity for further educotion were the major factors that
aggravate the turnover of teachers both in government and private schools. in view of this,
important recommendations were made to mitigate the problems.
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Teachers' Turnover in Selected Government