Magnitude of Teachers’ Turnover and its Impact on Performance of Public Secondary Schools in Korogwe District

Abstract

This paper presents findings from the study on magnitude of teachers’ turnover and its impact on public secondary schools conducted in 2012 in Korogwe District, Tanga region. The study covered 12 schools out of 24 schools located in Korogwe rural. Findings revealed that the turnover rate was seventy-five percent. This indicates that something should be done to rescue the Tanzanian education system, particularly schools located in rural areas. The study highlights that teachers’ turnover has several consequences such as poor students’ academic performance, poor schools’ administration and cost to government in recruiting as well as allocating new teachers to the respective schools. In a long run, if the consequences remain un-checked, they may lead to lack of education and skills drainage to most youths. Also, such situation may cause unemployment to youths thereby increase in criminal offences like banditry, theft, prostitution as well as drug abuse cases. The study recommends for further research at a large area pertaining to teachers’ turnover in public secondary schools particularly, rural secondary schools to recheck the situation.