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Effects of High Teacher Turnover on Student Academic Performance: A Case of Sekyere Afram Plains District of Ashanti Region, Ghana

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  • Robert Sefah Tawiah

    (Department of Educational Innovations, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology)

  • Nana Afia Opoku-Asare

    (Department of Educational Innovations, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology)

  • Martin Gyekye-Ampofo

    (Department of Educational Innovations, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology)

Abstract

The study examined the effects of high teacher turnover on academic performance of students in the Sekyere Afram Plains district of Ghana as a case study. To understand the causal factors of turnover among teachers in Sekyere Afram Plains district, we employed the quantitative research design to gather descriptive data on teacher turnover from a purposive sample of 100 teachers, 10 school heads and Ghana Education Service officials in the district. Data analysis was done using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, and M-S Excel. The findings of the study depicted high teacher turnover due mainly to the “hard-to-reach†nature of Sekyere Afram Plains district, and general dissatisfaction with the environment and working conditions. This results in early requests for reposting and notable drops in Junior High School students’ academic performance in BECE. The study acknowledged the high turnover rate among teachers in Sekyere Afram Plains district and its negative effect on students’ academic performance. It recommended that strategic measures suitable and applicable to the Sekyere Afram Plains district should be implemented to retain teachers.

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  • Robert Sefah Tawiah & Nana Afia Opoku-Asare & Martin Gyekye-Ampofo, 2023. "Effects of High Teacher Turnover on Student Academic Performance: A Case of Sekyere Afram Plains District of Ashanti Region, Ghana," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 7(9), pages 1103-1111, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:7:y:2023:i:9:p:1103-1111
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