INTENTIONS OF TEACHERS’ TURNOVER IN ALPHA KERANYO PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL

Abstract

Voluntary employee turnovers incur significant cost for an organization. It is important to identify turnover intents as early as possible in order to implement courses of action. This study aimed at assessing the triggering issues of teaching staff turnover in Alpha Keranyo Primary and Secondary Schools. In order to conduct the study, a descriptive survey method was employed. All permanent employed teachers work for the school selected for the study. From the total of 70 teachers 66(94.3%) respondents filled the questionnaire and returned to the researcher. Research data collected through questionnaire were analyzed and interpreted by using descriptive Statistics percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The study revealed that the significant conditions for the intention of turnover were Lack of carrier advancement, teachers interest in teaching profession, dissatisfaction with current salary, rules and regulations are not applied equally, teachers' positive attitude towards school leaders, school supervisors are not qualified in supervising and teachers have low salary compared to non-teaching profession. Teacher’s future intention to stay in the profession is frustrating. Therefore, salary increment should be made; the salary gap between teachers' and nonteaching profession need to be narrowed and incentives must be provided for teachers. To improve the school management, the solution is to assign professionally trained committed competent school supervisors.