Recruiting, Retaining, and Retraining Secondary School Teachers and Principals in Sub-Saharan Africa

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 t...

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Main Authors:	Mulkeen, Aidan, Chapman, David W., DeJaeghere, Joan G., Leu, Elizabeth
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ABSENTEEISM RATES ACADEMIC BACKGROUNDS ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS ADVANCED DEGREES ARMED CONFLICTS 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 EMPLOYMENT EXAMS 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 HIGHER EDUCATION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION JOB SATISFACTION JOB SECURITY JUNIOR SECONDARY JUNIOR SECONDARY LEVEL LABOR MARKETS LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEARNING COMMUNITIES LEARNING RESOURCES LITERACY LITERATURE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MOBILITY NATIONAL UNIVERSITY NUMBER OF TEACHERS NUMERACY OLDER PEOPLE PAPERS PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOLS PARTICIPATION RATES PEDAGOGICAL SKILLS POLICIES POST-PRIMARY EDUCATION PRESERVICE EDUCATION PRESERVICE TEACHER EDUCATION 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 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 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 SUPPLY OF TEACHERS 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 TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING FORCE TEACHING METHODS TEACHING STRATEGIES UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION UNIVERSITIES UPPER SECONDARY UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING YOUNG PEOPLE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/7487494/recruiting-retaining-retraining-secondary-school-teachers-principals-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6648

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Summary:	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.

Recruiting, Retaining, and Retraining Secondary School Teachers and Principals in Sub-Saharan Africa

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