Teacher Attrition. Causative Factors in Private Senior Secondary Schools in Lagos State Education District V (eBook)

Master's Thesis from the year 2019 in the subject Pedagogy - School System, Educational and School Politics, Lagos State University, course: Educational Management, language: English, abstract: This study examined causative factors of teacher attrition in private senior secondary schools in Lagos State Education District V. Three research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. Using the target population of teachers (male and female) from selected private schools. A sample of 150 participants was selected through cluster probability sampling technique.

The research design descriptive survey was adopted and a structured questionnaire "Teacher Attrition and Causative Factors Questionnaire" (TACFQ) was used to collect data for this study. Data collected were analyzed to determine the extent at which the causative factors influence attrition decision among teachers and t-test statistics to test the significant difference between attrition and the causative factors (Pay and Benefits, Work Assignment, and Job Security) among male and female teachers in private senior secondary school.