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This working paper is based on country case studies of Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Madagascar, Tanzania, and Uganda, and an extensive literature review. In many parts of Africa, the demand for secondary teachers substantially exceeds the supply, due to factors such as secondary teacher attrition, bottlenecks in the teacher preparation system, and perceived unattractive conditions of service. Few countries have strong policies, strategies, and programs for recruiting able secondary school graduates to secondary teaching. The paper suggests several critical and promising areas for improvement in th

High school teachers --- Teacher turnover --- High school principals --- Employee retention --- Labor turnover --- Recruiting --- Prevention. --- In-service training --- Job satisfaction --- Employee turnover --- Turnover of labor --- Retention of employees --- Principals, High school --- Principals, Secondary school --- Principals, Senior high school --- Secondary school principals --- Senior high school principals --- Secondary school teachers --- Senior high school teachers --- Turnover, Teacher --- Personnel management --- Labor mobility --- School principals --- Teachers --- Attrition of teachers --- Retention of teachers --- Teacher attrition --- Teacher retention --- Selection and appointment --- Tenure