Factors Influencing Teachers Attrition in Public Secondary Schools in North Senatorial District of Ondo State, Nigeria

The study investigated the factors influencing teachers attrition in Public Secondary Schools in North Senatorial District of Ondo State, Nigeria. It adopted descriptive-survey design. One question and two hypotheses were raised and formulated respectively, to guide the study. All the 91 Public Secondary Schools in the Senatorial District constituted the main population while the government appointed and full time teachers in the schools were targets. Stratified and simple-random sampling techniques were adopted, to select 12 schools and 120 teachers for the study. A self-developed questionnaire, validated and tested for reliability, was used to collect data, which were analysed using frequency count, mean and Statistical Package for Social Sciences. Hypotheses were tested using chi-square statistic. It was found that school, government, student, and health related factors influenced attrition of teachers while no significant difference was found in the perception of male and female teachers, less experienced and highly experienced teachers, on factors influencing teachers attrition in schools. Based on the findings, the need for government to improve access of teachers to health care, to enhance their welfare and performance, among others, are recommended.