The Director of Education for Kadjebi District, Seth Seyram Deh, has expressed concerns about the negative effects of teacher attrition on education delivery in the area.
According to him, out of the 99 trained teachers assigned to the district in 2022, 43 had already departed, leaving only 56 remaining.
As of June of the current year, a mere 17 teachers had been newly assigned to the district.
In an interview with the media, Mr. Deh disclosed that if this issue persisted, it could result in a repetition of the situation faced by the district in 2012 when classrooms were left without teachers.
The Human Resource Manager of the Kadjebi District Director of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Mr. Nutifafa Agbozo, it was revealed that the district currently required approximately 1,010 teachers for basic education levels.
However, only 831 teachers were presently serving, leaving a shortfall of 179 teachers.
Mr. Agbozo attributed the high rate of teacher attrition in the district to the practice of assigning non-local teachers from outside the Volta and Oti Regions to the district. These teachers, unfamiliar with the geographical area, tended to return to their places of origin after only a few months of service in the district.
He emphasized the need for internal recruitment to address this problem effectively, appealing to the Ghana Education Service for immediate intervention to remedy the situation and ensure the district’s educational well-being.