Teacher Recruitment and Retention in Private Schools in the Cape Coast Municipality

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that influence recruitment and retention of teachers in Private Senior High School in the Cape Coast Metropolis. The study thus looked at the various methods of recruitment of teachers as well as the factors influencing teacher retention. The researcher used the survey design for the study. Due to time constraint of the research the study was limited to Cape Coast metropolis. The study population embraced all the teachers in four private senior high schools in the metropolis. A purposive sampling was initially used to select 80 respondents from four private senior high schools. The main instrument used in the collection of data was the questionnaire. The questionnaires were coded and entered into Statistical Product and Service Solution (SPSS) Version 11.0 Software for analysis. The study revealed that most of teachers leave teaching in private senior high schools in search for better paid work. The school authorities recruited teachers from outside the schools through member of staff, application letters and so on. It was also found that school facilities like teaching facilities, accommodation, good medical service and transportation were the major factors that influence the retention of teachers in the metropolis. Some of the recommendations included giving incentives to teachers, providing accommodation, organizing regular workshop and seminars to enable teachers abreast with the new methods of teaching and considering increasing teacher salaries since salaries of teachers have the largest effect on retention