THE ISSUE OF EARLY RETIREMENT AS A GUIDE FOR MITHALI TRAINING TEACHERS

Abstract

The issue of early retirement dealt a great blow to the education system in Malaysia. This study aims to identify the factors of early retirement among teachers and propose some recommendations in the context of the preparation of trainee teachers. Data collection is carried out through a mixed quantitative and qualitative approach using questionnaires and interviews. A simple sampling technique was used to get feedback from the teachers to answer the research questions and get participants for interviews. A total of 772 respondents participated in this questionnaire and 73 of them agreed to be interviewed. Overall, the results of the study found that there are six dominant factors identified and themed, namely workload, administrative pressure, social environment and bullying, students and society, self-efficacy and infrastructure. Therefore, several recommendations are extended for the attention of education lecturers and trainee teachers so that this issue can be more controlled in the future. It is hoped that the results of this study can contribute to the implementation of a healthier and better-quality education agenda.