MEASURES FOR PROMOTING GREATER PERFORMANCE OF TEACHING STAFF IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN AWKA NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

The study examined the teaching staff management for greater performance in public secondary schools in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The study employed a descriptive survey design. The population of the study comprised 8
principals and 131 teachers from eight (8) public secondary schools in Awka north Local Government area. A census and simple random sampling technique was employed because the population was manageable. Therefore, the sample size of the study was 139 respondents. Three research questions were posed and three null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance to guide the study. Structured questionnaire titled ‘’Teaching Staff Management for Greater Performance Questionnaire (TSMGPQ)’’ was used for data collection. Cronbach Alpha Reliability Coefficient was used to test the instrument and was found to have 0.91. Data collected were analysed using mean statistics and standard deviation with an acceptance mean value of ≥2.50 whereas mean value ˂2.50 were rejected. Findings revealed that regular payment of salary to teachers, promoting teachers regularly as at when due, organizing adequate correspondence programmes, such as on-the-job training, part-time programmes among others are motivating and development programmes for teachers greater performance. Also, it was further revealed that poor working condition of administrators, inadequate funding, administrative incompetence and others were some challenges rocking staff greater performance in public secondary schools in the study area. Therefore, the study recommend that government should help revenging the secondary school section by providing teachers with in-service programmes that will help them in getting up to speed information on the technological world as to compete favourably with their counterparts; also the government should the much that they can to reveal the teacher’s salary and allowance as the befit their status and make the profession more attractive and envious as to motivate teachers in carrying out their obligations effectively