Abstract:
The general objective of the study was to determine strategies that influence the retention of qualified technical teachers in the teaching profession in Katsina State vocational and technical schools. The study was a survey. The population comprised 19 School Administrators and 91 Qualified Technical Teachers. No sampling was carried out as the whole population was used. A structured questionnaire containing 72 items was designed and used for data collection. A total number of 110 copies were distributed and 109 copies were retrieved given a return rate of 99.1%. The data was analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions. And t-test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed the causes of the exodus and the motivational factors to reduce the exodus. The findings also revealed the Job satisfaction factors and the School administrative factors that influence the retention of qualified technical teachers. The researcher recommended that the revealed factors for retaining technical teachers should be fully implemented by the State government in order to check the constant exodus of this important category of teachers so as to improve the student academic performance for the very much needed technological development.
