Factors Influencing Primary Schools’ Mathematics Teachers Retention in Darazo Municipality of Bauchi State, Nigeria

Isah Abdullahi¹ , Kasimu Musa² , Nasiru Dauda³ , Abdullahi Batai⁴ , Abdulrahim Hindatu⁵ , Mohammed Adamu⁶ , Khadija Hassan⁷

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.8 , Issue.9 , pp.45-51, Sep-2022

Online published on Sep 30, 2022

Copyright © Isah Abdullahi, Kasimu Musa, Nasiru Dauda, Abdullahi Batai, Abdulrahim Hindatu, Mohammed Adamu, Khadija Hassan . This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 

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Abstract :
The study examined the factors impacting the retention of mathematics teachers in primary schools in Darazo Governorate, Bauchi State, Nigeria. A descriptive survey design was adopted. A structured design questionnaire and interview were designed to guide the study. All primary school mathematics teachers and the school’s headmasters of Darazo local government area constituted the foremost masses of the study, whereas the government appointed and full-time instructors within the schools were the targets respondents of the study. Stratified and straightforward irregular testing strategies were utilized to choose 38 school superintendents and 40 mathematics teachers for the study. A self-developed, approved and reliability-tested survey instrument was utilized for data collection, which was assessed by utilizing Recurrence Tally and Factual Bundle for Social Sciences. It was found that the workload assigned to teachers, poor incentives and lack of promotion and its implementation, among other factors, influenced mathematics teacher retention in elementary schools. Based on the results obtained, it is recommended that governments need to employ more mathematics teachers, improve their well-being and execution, among others.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Factor; Influence; Mathematics Teacher; Retention; Primary school

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