Recruiting, retaining and retraining secondary school teachers and principals in Sub-Saharan Africa

• Main Authors: Mulkeen, Aidan, Chapman, David W, DeJaeghere, Joan G, Leu, Elizabeth
• Format: eBook Book Publication
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC World Bank 2007; World Bank Publications; The World Bank; Washington, DC: World Bank
• Edition: 1
• Series: World Bank working paper
• Subjects: ABSENTEEISM RATES; ACADEMIC BACKGROUNDS; ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS; ADVANCED DEGREES; Africa, Sub-Saharan; Arbeitspapier; ARMED CONFLICTS; Berufsausbildung; Berufsbildung; CAREER; CAREER CHOICE; CAREERS; CIVIL SERVICE; CLASS PERIODS; CLASS SIZES; CLASSROOM; COLLEGES; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; CONDITIONS OF SERVICE FOR TEACHERS; COUNSELING; COUNTRY STUDIES; CREATIVE THINKING; CURRICULUM; DIPLOMAS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EDUCATED PEOPLE; EDUCATION; EDUCATION CURRICULUM; EDUCATION FOR ALL; EDUCATION SPECIALISTS; EDUCATION STRATEGY; EDUCATION SYSTEMS; EDUCATION TEACHERS; EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH; EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM; Employee retention; Employee retention > Africa, Sub-Saharan; EMPLOYMENT; EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES; FEMALE STUDENTS; FEMALE TEACHERS; FUTURE RESEARCH; GENDER ISSUES; GENERAL EDUCATION; GER; GIRLS; GRADE LEVELS; GROSS ENROLMENT; GROSS ENROLMENT RATE; GROUPS OF TEACHERS; HEAD TEACHERS; High school principals; High school principals > In-service training > Africa, Sub-Saharan; High school principals > Job satisfaction > Africa, Sub-Saharan; High school principals > Recruiting > Africa, Sub-Saharan; High school teachers; High school teachers > In-service training > Africa, Sub-Saharan; High school teachers > Job satisfaction > Africa, Sub-Saharan; High school teachers > Recruiting > Africa, Sub-Saharan; HIGHER EDUCATION; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; In-service training; INTERVENTIONS; INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB SECURITY; JUNIOR SECONDARY; JUNIOR SECONDARY LEVEL; LABOR MARKETS; Labor turnover; Labor turnover > Africa, Sub-Saharan; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING; LEARNING COMMUNITIES; LEARNING RESOURCES; Lehrer; Lehrkräfte; LITERACY; LITERATURE; MINISTRY OF EDUCATION; MOBILITY; NATIONAL UNIVERSITY; NUMBER OF TEACHERS; NUMERACY; OLDER PEOPLE; PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOLS; PARTICIPATION RATES; PEDAGOGICAL SKILLS; POLICIES; POST-PRIMARY EDUCATION; PRESERVICE EDUCATION; PRESERVICE TEACHER EDUCATION; Prevention; PRIMARY COMPLETION; PRIMARY COMPLETION RATES; PRIMARY LEVEL; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLMENTS; PRIMARY SCHOOLING; PRIMARY STUDENTS; PRIMARY TEACHERS; PRIMARY TEACHING; PRINTING; PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY; PUBLIC FUNDS; QUALIFIED SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS; QUALIFIED TEACHERS; QUALITY OF EDUCATION; QUALITY OF PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF TEACHERS; QUALITY OF TEACHING; QUALITY SECONDARY EDUCATION; QUALITY TEACHERS; Recruiting; RECRUITMENT OF TEACHERS; RESEARCHERS; RETENTION OF TEACHERS; RETENTION RATES; RURAL AREAS; RURAL SCHOOLS; SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS; SCHOOL AGE; SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT; SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS; SCHOOL LEADERS; SCHOOL LEAVERS; SCHOOL LEVEL; SCHOOL PARTICIPATION; SCHOOL POPULATION; SCHOOL PRINCIPALS; SCHOOL TEACHERS; SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION; SCHOOLING; SCHOOLS; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SECONDARY EDUCATION SYSTEMS; SECONDARY EDUCATION TEACHERS; SECONDARY SCHOOL; SECONDARY SCHOOL LEAVERS; SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL; SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS; SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS; SECONDARY SCHOOLING; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; SECONDARY TEACHERS; SENIOR SECONDARY; SENIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION; SENIOR SECONDARY TEACHERS; SENIOR TEACHERS; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SPORTS; STUDENT LEARNING; STUDENT RETENTION; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUBJECT AREAS; SUBJECTS; Subsahara-Afrika; SUPPLY OF TEACHERS; Südliches Afrika; TEACHER; TEACHER ABSENTEEISM; TEACHER ATTRITION; TEACHER COMPETENCIES; TEACHER DEPLOYMENT; TEACHER DEVELOPMENT; TEACHER EDUCATION; TEACHER EDUCATION CURRICULUM; TEACHER EDUCATORS; TEACHER MORALE; TEACHER PREPARATION; TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS; TEACHER QUALITY; TEACHER RATIOS; TEACHER RECRUITMENT; TEACHER SUPPLY; Teacher turnover; Teacher turnover > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Prevention; TEACHERS; TEACHING; TEACHING FORCE; TEACHING METHODS; TEACHING STRATEGIES; UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION; UNIVERSITIES; UPPER SECONDARY; UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION; VOCATIONAL TRAINING; YOUNG PEOPLE; SECONDARY TEACHING; CONDITIONS OF SERVICE FOR TEACHERS; TEACHING; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY OF SECONDARY TEACHERS; COMPENSATION; TEACHER PREPARATION SYSTEM; CAREER; TEACHER DEPLOYMENT; SECONDARY EDUCATION; IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DEPLOYMENT; UTILIZATION; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; PAPERS; PRE-SERVICE AND IN-SERVICE TEACHER DEVELOPMENT; LITERATURE; TEACHERS; TEACHER
• ISBN: 9780821370667; 0821370669; 9780821370674; 0821370677
• DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-7066-7

This working paper is based on country case studies of Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Madagascar, Tanzania, and Uganda, and an extensive literature review. In many parts of Africa, the demand for secondary teachers substantially exceeds the supply, due to factors such as secondary teacher attrition, bottlenecks in the teacher preparation system, and perceived unattractive conditions of service. Few countries have strong policies, strategies, and programs for recruiting able secondary school graduates to secondary teaching. The paper suggests several critical and promising areas for improvement in the quality of secondary teachers through new approaches to recruitment; pre-service and in-service teacher development; and improvements in the deployment, utilization, compensation, and conditions of service for teachers.