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Influence of Job Motivation on Basic School Teacher Retention in the Somanya Circuit of Eastern Region in Ghana Educat...
ISSN: 2026 - 6480
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Influence of Job Motivation on Basic School Teacher Retention in the Somanya Circuit of Eastern Region in Ghana Educat...
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Publisher: Koforidua Technical University
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Abstract
The study set out to examine the influence of motivation on teacher job performance and on teacher retention in the Somanya Circuit of the Ghana Education Service. Generally, teachers in Ghana tend to leave the teaching profession despite various interventions such as single salary spine and best teacher award scheme put in place. Teachers in the Somanya Circuit did not stay and work for more than three years but there is no documented reason why. Therefore the study was done to find out why and whether they were not motivated enough. The researcher adopted the descriptive survey design. A sample of 170 teachers selected by stratified random sampling was used. Questionnaires was the main instrument used and the data collected were analysed with the statistical tool SPSS. The findings of the study revealed that basic school teachers in public school in the Somanya circuit were highly motivated, but they rated their mode of promotion an...
