INFLUENCE OF TEACHER ATTRITION RATE ON THE QUALITY OF SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION IN NKANU EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ENUGU STATE

user, user (2019) INFLUENCE OF TEACHER ATTRITION RATE ON THE QUALITY OF SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION IN NKANU EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ENUGU STATE. Diploma thesis, Godfrey Okoye University.

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Abstract

This objective of this study was to examine the influence of teacher attrition rate on the quality of secondary school Education in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State. Four (4) specific purposes and four (4) corresponding research questions were raised to guide the study. The population of the study consisted of one thousand one hundred and sixty-five (1,165) teachers in Nkanu East Local Government Area. With the total sample size of 297was determined by the use of yaro yamen formula used to calculate sample size. (1964), were used for the study. A self-made questionnaire was used for data collection. The draft copies of the questionnaire were face and content validated by three experts from the departments of Social Science Education, one in Measurement and Evaluation in Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu. The test-retest reliability method was adopted. The correlation coefficient obtained using the Cronbach Alpha method of estimating reliability was 0.62. This indicated that the instrument was of a high level of reliability. Data were analyzed using mean ( (x)) ̅ statistics and standard deviation. Analysis showed that teacher poor conditions of service, late or non-payment of Salaries and allowances, lack of incentive, non involvement of teachers in decision making over matters concerning them to mention but a few are the main causes of attrition. The researcher recommended that Teachers could leave temporarily in order to improve their capacity. Such teachers go for further studies to take courses in education and return as soon as they complete their studies. Females’ teachers in the childbearing age could leave their jobs to have children only to return when they are through with baby making. Others still leave to join their husbands after marriages.

Item Type: Thesis (Diploma)
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Education
Depositing User: Miss Okeke Isioma Alexis
Date Deposited: 18 Apr 2019 12:47
Last Modified: 15 May 2019 14:57
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/1122

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