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Author(s)
Peter Kofi Vordzorgbe, Samuel Kofi Assoah, Yayra Dzakadzie, Rev. Kwesi Nkum Wilson
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DOI:10.17265/2161-6248/2018.03.001
Affiliation(s)
University of Education, Winneba, Ghana
ABSTRACT
The purpose of the study
was to investigate pre-retirement anxiety among teachers in the Eastern region
in Ghana. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The total
population for the study was made up of all the teachers due for retirement in
the 2017 academic year in the Yilo-Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region of
Ghana. The estimated population for the study was 200 retirees. Simple random
sampling was used in sampling 70 teachers enlisted for retirement in the
Yilo-Krobo Municipality. A
questionnaire was used in gathering data. Data was analysed using descriptive
and inferential statistics. It emerged from the study that the sources of
pre-retirement anxiety are inadequate fund, managing mental health, managing a
new and lower social status, inadequate planning for retirement, and difficulty in
time management. The study revealed that the challenges faced by respondents
are related to inadequate financial preparation, retirement contributing to
faster ageing, retirement leading to early death, retirement contributing to
loneliness, and contributing to
friends upon retirement. The study showed that there are no retirement
counselling services available in the Yilo-Krobo Municipality. The study
further revealed that there was a negative correlation between social support
and pre-retirement anxiety. The study therefore recommends that the Yilo-Krobo
Municipal educational directorate and the Municipal Social Security Insurance Office should
collaboratively work with the various counsellors in the Municipality to fully
assist teachers for adequately plan financially, make arrangement for
accommodations, the educational directorate, and the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT)
should make retirement processes less bureaucratic and costly. Counsellors
should educate teachers on ageing and life after retirement to improve their
level of adjustment.
KEYWORDS
pre-retirement anxiety, counselling service, challenges, social support, religiosity, teachers
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