An assessment on the effects of school teachers' turnover on learners' performance in public schools in Windhoek

According to the Public Service Commission (PSC) Annual Report (2013/2014), Namibia, like most other Sub-Saharan African countries noticed a rise in teacher attrition mainly in the public schools (Pitsoe, 2013). The negative development has also been accompanied by deteriorating academic performance in public schools. More so, Donaldson and Johnson (2011) added that the revolving door effect has continued to compound the problem. The study therefore sought to investigate the causes of teacher attrition and establish the nature of the relationship and the magnitude of the impact of teacher turnover on learners' performance. The study only focused on 3072 teachers in government schools in the Khomas Region a sample of 96 participants was extracted using the Slevin's formula. The study adopted a case study research design and both qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques were used. The qualitative approach used a semi-structured interview guide for data collection whereas the quantitative data collection approach used a questionnaire with both structured and non-structured questions. Quantitative and qualitative data was analyzed using SPSS and thematic data analysis methods respectively. The research concluded that there are a number of factors that affect teachers' turnover in the Khomas Region and these included ill-disciplined learners, heavy workload of teachers, poor school leadership practices, too much administrative work and lack of professional development. However, the study found out that turnover in public schools was chiefly a product of extrinsic factors emanating from the prevailing socio economic environment. The study concluded that teachers' turnover affects learners' performance in public schools to a larger extent, though there are other factors such as parental support, resource availability and school leadership that affect the performance of the learners

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Namibia

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• Kadhikwa, Liina

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Kaupa, Stewart Peter

• Public Service Commission (PSC)
• Annual report
• School teachers
• Learners
• Learners's perfomance
• Public schools
• Windhoek
• Namibia
• University of Namibia
• Teachers' turnover

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11070/4083

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.unam.edu.na:11070/4083