Why great teachers quit — and the 5 fixes that actually work
6 min read · 7/2/2026 · Editorial Desk
The real reasons teachers leave
Exit interviews across 40 Indian schools point at five recurring drivers: unclear progression, unpaid admin load, weak coordination with parents, poor infrastructure, and leadership that only shows up during appraisals.
Five fixes that moved the needle
1. Publish a 3-year progression ladder with named criteria.
2. Cap non-teaching admin at 4 hours a week.
3. Rotate parent-communication duty so it never lands on one teacher.
4. Fix the two smallest infrastructure gaps every term (a broken projector matters).
5. Weekly 20-minute 1:1s with the coordinator — attendance, not agenda, is the point.
Schools that shipped 3 of these five in a year cut voluntary attrition by 30–45%.
What to measure
Track quarterly: 90-day resignation rate, teacher NPS, and % of exits citing a fixable reason. If you cannot answer those three from your HRIS today, that is the first project.