FACTORS INFLUENCING BUSINESS TEACHER TURNOVER IN IMO STATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS
FACTORS INFLUENCING BUSINESS TEACHER TURNOVER IN IMO STATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS
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Date
1990-02
Authors
NJOKU, JEROME NZERIBE NZEADIBE
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ABSTRACT
This study was designed to investigate the factors
influencing business teacher turnover in Imo state secondary
school. It studied the following variables: resigned to
accept better position, family problems, working conditions,
social status and dissatisfaction with present conditions.
Two population groups were used for this study. A total
of 296 business teachers still teaching, randomly selected
from 301 state-owned secondary schools contributed the
sample for the first group and a total of 375 business
teachers who have withdrawn from teaching located throughout
the the sate was sampled for the second group.
A questionaire was administered to survey the
perceptions of the subjects to determine which factors
showed significant relationship with business teacher
turnover. Frequency distribution and percentages, means
scores and pearson product moment coefficient correlation
and t-test were used to analyse the data.
Result revealed significant relationship between resignation
for better position, working conditions, social status,
dissatisfaction and teacher turnover. Available better
position in the private sector, unfavourable working
conditions, lack of recognition, coupled with the poor
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image of the teacher drive teachers from teaching profession
to jobs offering career fulfilment.
Comparatively, the perception of the male business
teachers do not differ from the perception of the female
business teachers on causes of teacher turnover. Similarly
the perception of business teachers who have left teaching
for other jobs in the private sectors do not differ from the
perception of those who are still teaching regarding causes
of business teacher turnover. Teachers withdraw for jobs in
other sectors to be able to cope with effect of increased
burden of family responsibility in a depressed economy such
as ours and aggravated by the irregular payment of monthly
salaries and allowances and pensions and gratuity to
teachers in the state secondary school system while other
public servants are paid promptly and regularly.
A major implication of business teacher turnover is
that the objectives of education for all about business and
for business will not be attained and this will have far
reaching consequences on business decisions of
the school for lack of teachers to effectively teach them.
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VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, FACULTY OF
EDUCATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA.
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FACTORS,, INFLUENCING,, BUSINESS,, TEACHER,, TURNOVER,, IMO,, STATE,, SECONDARY,, SCHOOLS.