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
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
Mulkeen, Aidan
Chapman, David W.
DeJaeghere, Joan G.
Leu, Elizabeth
Recruiting, Retaining, and Retraining Secondary School Teachers and Principals in Sub-Saharan Africa
relation World Bank Working Paper; No. 99
description 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.
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author Mulkeen, Aidan
Chapman, David W.
DeJaeghere, Joan G.
Leu, Elizabeth
author_facet Mulkeen, Aidan
Chapman, David W.
DeJaeghere, Joan G.
Leu, Elizabeth
author_sort Mulkeen, Aidan
title Recruiting, Retaining, and Retraining Secondary School Teachers and Principals in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_short Recruiting, Retaining, and Retraining Secondary School Teachers and Principals in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full Recruiting, Retaining, and Retraining Secondary School Teachers and Principals in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_fullStr Recruiting, Retaining, and Retraining Secondary School Teachers and Principals in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed Recruiting, Retaining, and Retraining Secondary School Teachers and Principals in Sub-Saharan Africa
title_sort recruiting, retaining, and retraining secondary school teachers and principals in sub-saharan africa
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2012
url 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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spelling okr-10986-66482021-04-23T14:02:26Z Recruiting, Retaining, and Retraining Secondary School Teachers and Principals in Sub-Saharan Africa Mulkeen, Aidan Chapman, David W. DeJaeghere, Joan G. Leu, Elizabeth 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 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. 2012-05-30T15:35:03Z 2012-05-30T15:35:03Z 2007 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/7487494/recruiting-retaining-retraining-secondary-school-teachers-principals-sub-saharan-africa 0-8213-7066-9 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6648 English en_US World Bank Working Paper; No. 99 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication