Abstract
Thisstudy assessedteachers??(TM) turnover and Socio-cultural factors on educational wastage in Yola South Secondary Schools in Adamawa State. It adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised of senior secondary school students, teachers and principals from Yola South LGA, of Adamawa state. Taro Yamane technique formula was the method used for determine sample size for the study. A questionnaire tagged ??oeAssessment of Teacher turnover and Social cultural Factors on Educational Wastage Questionnaire??? (ATASAOEW) was constructed. The instrument was a face validated, a pilot study was carried out in secondary schools in Yola North Local Govt area, yielding a reliability coefficient of 0.79. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research question while Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test two hypotheses. The findings of the study indicate that teacher??(TM)s turnover significantly influence educational wastage. It also indicates that socio-cultural factors contribute to educational wastage. Also, the hypothesis tested equally indicated that, there is no significant difference in the mean opinion of principals, teachers and students on both teacher??(TM)s turnover and socio-cultural factors that influence educational wastage in secondary schools of Adamawa State. Based on the research findings, conclusion and recommendation were made among which are that teachers in rural schools should be motivated by creating special allowances for teachers posted to rural schools. This may ameliorate their miss-out in the cities, while the students in the rural areas should be motivated by giving them orientation on benefits of education to their life and their communities. The Socio-cultural factors that significantly contributed to the educational wastages in Adamawa State should be addressed by the government and nongovernmental organizations alongside with traditional rulers and religion leaders to take measures of the land norms and customs that stand against girl child education