Email this article Influence of Teachers’ Remuneration and School Location on Teachers’ Retention in Public Primary Schools in Bayelsa State
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The study investigated the influence of remuneration and school location on teachers’ retention in public primary schools in Bayelsa State. The study adopted the ex-post facto research design. The population of the study consisted of 5322 male and female teachers in public primary schools in Bayelsa State from which a sample of 398 representing 7% of the total population. The instrument that was used to collect data for this study was a questionnaire titled “Influence of Teachers’ Remuneration and school location on Teachers’ Retention” (ITRTR), developed by the researcher. Face and content validity of the research instrument were obtained through the judgment of research experts in the area of measurement and evaluation. Data collected for the study were analyzed using the descriptive and inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics included mean and standard deviation while the z-test analysis was used to test the hypotheses formulated at 0.05 level of significance. Findings from the study indicate that remuneration and school location influence teachers’ retention in public primary schools in Bayelsa state .Based on the findings, it was recommended that government of Bayelsa State should provide better remuneration packages that would help to boost teachers’ retention in rural public primary schools.
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