primary schooling. The debate that comes on the way is that how these goals would be achieved if the experts who are expected to lead the race for initiating changes and who are professionals in the field of education entrusted to run PRESET and INSET courses are abandoning the sector? In developing understanding to what policy documents say about personnel management in Tanzania education sector, literature has been consulted covering policies (ETP 1995), plans (ESDP), and strategies (TDMS). In these documents, thorough exploration has been done to unveil what has been said about educational personnel welfares that are thought to influence retention or attrition of staffs in the teacher education department. It should however be noted that Tanzania Development Vision(TDV) 2025 accords high priority to the education sector which is considered to be pivotal in bringing about social and economic transformation, as described in the following statement: “Education should be treated as a strategic agent for mind-set transformation and for the creation of a well-educated nation, sufficiently equipped with the knowledge needed to competently and competitively solve the development challenges which face the nation. In this light, the education system should be restructured and transformed qualitatively with a focus on promoting creativity and problem solving” (URT 2000:19). In this vision, qualitative aspect has been emphasized but it should be noted that it cannot easily be realized without consideration of the role played by teacher educators. It is through teaching and learning, of course, which is viewed from the top –bottom that can pose changes in the people’s mind-set. Tutors can through
Mode of Mobility Drive for Mobility 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Those who joined TTC’s through; Employment-new hire 17 52 9 5 4 2 0 Transfer into a station. 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 Those who left the TTC’s through; Transfer to other stations 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 Total leaving 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 Joining higher education institutes as lecturers 6 3 3 1 2 0 0 Appointment as education officers 0 5 2 0 0 0 3 appointed as Heads of Schools. 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Being fired from work 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Retirement 3 4 1 2 0 3 3 Death 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Source: College Records. The magnitude of attrition varied from one college to another due to several factors such as location of the college that influences exposure and of education that influences decision to change career. 4.5Major initiators for College Tutors’ Attrition For comprehensiveness of the study, attempts were made to probe for the leading driving forces that are conceived as major initiators for tutors’ attrition. In order to achieve this objective, investigation was guided by the following research question. 4.5.1 What are the Leading Driving Forces That Initiate Tutors Attrition in Teachers’ Colleges?
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