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Teacher turnover is an issue that is increasing becoming a global phenomenon
that has attracted the attention of researchers, policy makers and academic
practitioners. It is an issue that requires much attention in other to mitigate the issues
affecting teacher turnover. Every year hundreds of new teachers are handed their
appointment letters and given a class to teach. However, within a few years most of
them would hand over their resignation letters and then either move to another school,
profession or leave the teaching profession entirely. Anecdotal evidence suggest that
private schools in The Gambia offers an attractive working environment as well as an
attractive salary, however teachers turnover in the private schools continue to escalate
at an alarming rate, thus affecting all the players involve, precisely the school
administration, students and the parents. In this research, the researcher will explore
the perception of teachers on the factors that influence teacher turnover in the private
senior secondary schools in the Gambia. This study will adopt a qualitative approach
to explore the perceptions of teachers and principals of the factors responsible of
teacher turnover, the challenges, and their perceptions about their career as well as the
potential solutions to teacher turnover in Gambia private senior secondary schools.
An in-depth interview will be conducted to collect the data from 20 teachers
and 2 principals in the private senior schools.

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