Beginning teachers' attrition in secondary schools in Kazakhstan

Abstract

This study analyzed beginning teachers" drop-out in secondary schools in Kazakhstan. As Heller (2004) reported, 29 percent of beginning teachers leave schools within first three years, and 39 percent of them drop out by the end of five years in the USA. Studies addressing these issues in Kazakhstan do not exist or present and need to be conducted in order to find out the reasons for beginning teachers" attrition in Kazakhstan, to examine the topic more thoroughly, to analyze beginning teachers" challenges and give implications for Kazakhstani policy makers. This study is one attempt to address the new teachers" drop out problem in our schools, which should be of high concern.