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Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) (Vol 1 No 1)
| Abstract: The seeming teacher turnover in secondary schools in Nigeria necessitated this study on teachers’ training and professional development practices of principals for teachers’ retention in public and private secondary schools in Anambra State. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. One research questions guided the study, while one hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. The population of the study comprised 650 principals in public and private secondary schools in Anambra State. There was no sampling as the entire population was used for the study. Researcher’s developed questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. The instrument was validated by three experts who are lecturers in Educational measurement and evaluation, Department of Educational Foundation and the other in Educational planning and management, Department of Educational Management and Policy all in the Faculty of Education Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. The Cronbach’s alpha method was used to determine the internal consistency of the items which yielded reliability coefficient index of 0.75. The researchers with the help of ten research assistants distributed the questionnaire to the respondents. The research question was answered using the arithmetic mean while the hypothesis wss tested using t-test. It was found among others that principals in private secondary schools in Anambra state to a low extent apply teachers’ training and professional development practices for teachers’ retention. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that principals should provide an aven and encourage teachers to carry out researches and publish same in reputable journals. |
| Keywords: Teachers’ Training and Development Practices, Teachers’ Retention |
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