| dc.description.abstract | A lot of resources have been put in place by the government to ensure that all
Kenyans have access to education. The government of Kenya through the public
education sector is the main provider of education services. Due to the high
education demand the private sector has chipped in to play a pivotal role in
education provision. The purpose of this study was to investigate how labour
policies and practices on remuneration, workload and work conditions influence
teacher turnover in private secondary schools in Embakasi Sub-County, Kenya.
This study adopted the descriptive survey design. According to the district
education office, Embakasi sub-county has around 410 private school teachers, a
number which was estimated because of the rampant teacher turnover in the subcounty.
The study targeted 100 teachers who were randomly selected from 15
private secondary schools in Embakasi sub-county. The study also targeted the
principals of all the 35 registered private schools in Embakasi Sub-county. The
main types of instruments employed in this study were a questionnaire and an
interview schedule. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics more so the
measures of central tendency and with the help of the statistical package for social
sciences (SPSS).Qualitative data were analyzed thematically through content
analysis technique. The study found that the level of remunerations has to a large
extent influenced teacher turnover. Majority of the respondents (56.8 percent)
were not satisfied at all with their current remuneration rates and would quit their
current jobs if a better opportunity presented itself. The study also revealed that
work conditions and workload are among the key policies that influence teacher
turnover in most schools in Embakasi District.Remuneration was found to be the
biggest contributor to teacher turnover in Embakasi sub-county as compared to
work conditions and workload. The study revealed that most employers in private
schools in Embakasi have not been guided by these labour policies in their
engagements with their employees resulting in high teacher turnover.
Understanding the problem of employee turnover and putting in place effective
and efficient mitigating factors in place would benefit private education sector
and the government at large in its bid to provide quality education to the
citizens.This study recommends total adherence by employers to the existing
labour polices, guidelines and documents in order to curb rampant turnover.
Further research studies can be done on the role of salaries and reward schemes in
relation to the teachers’ workload and how they affect turnover. | en_US |
