Al-Hikmah University Journal

Teachers’ turnover is a chronic educational organizational problem that has persisted for several decades, particularly in schools that serve low-income and minority students. School administrators interested in effecting school improvement need to examine and address teacher turnover rates as an indicator of and contributor to school health. This paper examined the influence of teachers’ turnover on school effectiveness in public senior secondary schools in Ekiti State. The research design for this study was a descriptive survey of the correlational type. The population for the study comprised 270 principals and 5,234 teachers in public senior secondary schools in Ekiti State.  The population also included 270 public senior secondary schools. The sample used was 370 (12-principals and 358 teachers) participants. A researcher-designed instrument titled "Teachers’ Turnover and School Effectiveness Questionnaire” (TTSEQ) was used in data collection. Five research hypotheses guided the conduct of the study and were tested at 0.05 level of significance using inferential statistics of Pearson product moment correlation statistics. The results indicated that there was a significant relationship between teachers’ turnover, transfer, dismissal, resignation, abscondment and school effectiveness in public senior secondary schools in Ekiti State. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended, among others, that the principal should discourage incessant teachers’ transfers in order to enhance school effectiveness. Secondary schools located in rural areas should be provided with basic social amenities in order to retain teachers that are posted to such schools.