The Influence of Working Environment on Teacher’s Attrition in Public Secondary Schools in Kilimanjaro and Manyara Regions, Tanzania.

Abstract

This paper assessed the influence of working environment on teacher attrition in Public Secondary Schools in Kilimanjaro and Manyara Regions. Specifically, the paper aimed to examine the influence of working conditions; and to examine the living conditions of teachers that influence attrition. The paper was premised on the theories of Herzberg’s two factor theory and Bronfenbrenner’s social-ecological theory. The paper adopted cross-sectional research design with mixed approaches. The sample size of this study was 140 respondents. The study adopted simple random and snowball sampling for in-service teachers and those who had left teaching respectively. Data were collected through the use of questionnaire and interviews. Data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics using binary logistic regression. The study found that working conditions related factors has statistically significant influence on teacher attrition (P < 0.01) with 55.7%. Also the findings revealed that 52.1% of the living conditions related factors influence teacher attrition with p-value of 0.002 which is statistically significant. The study concluded that teacher attrition was exacerbated by unimproved working and living conditions related factors. The study recommends the office of Presidents’ RALG to increase a budget to improve education environment which will support the rehabilitation and provision of teacher’s allowances.