FACTORS INFLUENCING TEACHERS’ VOLUNTARY TURNOVER IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KURESOI SUB COUNTY, KENYA

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors responsible for teacher’s voluntary turnover in Public Secondary Schools in Kuresoi Sub County. The objectives of the study were; to investigate the extent to which employee related factors influence teacher turnover; to analyze the extent to which remuneration influence teacher turnover and to establish the extent to which working environment influence teacher turnover in Kuresoi Sub-County. The study employed a descriptive survey design and targeted all teachers in Public Secondary Schools in the Sub-County who total 227 serving in 43 schools. The schools were classified into four strata based on administrative divisions. Simple random sampling was employed to get sample schools and respondents for the study. Data was collected using questionnaire containing close ended questions and was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics with the aid of Statistical Package for Social sciences (SPSS) version 20.The correlation results revealed that remuneration (r=.435, P=0.000, a=0.01), working environment (r=.406, P=0.000, a=0.01) and employee related factors (r=399, P=0.000, a=0.01) were positively correlated with voluntary teachers turnover respectively. Regression analysis results showed that remuneration (β=.264 and p=.006), employee related factors (β =.197and p=0.040) and working environment (β =.177 and P=.075) were all significant. The study further found that all the independent variables; employee related factors, remuneration and working environment can explain the variation of teachers turnover by up to 25% when combined under multiple regression model. The study concludes that all the variables of the study were important factors influencing voluntary teachers’ turnover and there was need to be addressed beginning from the main contributor which was in this case remuneration.The study therefore recommends that Kenya government through TSC to over better salary, mix of allowances and pension to teachers, employs more teachers, provide training and inservice, and improve infrastructure and fairness in promoting teachers.Study to be carried out in private secondary schools in the same sub-county