EXTENT OF TEACHERS’ COMPLIANCE TO TEACHERS’ REGISTRATION COUNCIL OF NIGERIA PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP OBLIGATION STANDARDS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

This study on Teachers’ compliance to professional membership obligations standards of Teachers’
Registration Council of Nigeria in public secondary schools in Anambra State, adopted a descriptive
survey research design. The population of the study centered at 5,549 respondents. The sample size
for this study comprised 557 respondents made of 29 principals and 528 teachers drawn using
proportionate random sampling technique. A researcher-developed 8-itemed questionnaire titled
‘Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria Professional Membership Obligation Standards
Questionnaire (TRCN-PMOSQ)’’ was used for data collection. The instrument was subjected to face
validation by three experts, while Cronbach alpha was used to obtain a reliability coefficient value of
0.78. Using direct method approach, a total of 557 copies of questionnaire were distributed to the
respondents. A total of 541 copies of questionnaire were properly filled and used which indicates 97
percent return rate. Mean and standard deviation were used for answering the research question and ttest statistics was used to test the null hypothesis. Result of the study shows that Teachers’ compliance
to professional membership obligation standards in public secondary schools in Anambra State is to a
low extent. It was recommended that Officials of TRCN in conjunction with Government should
periodically demand that teachers present evidence of payment of dues, teaching license and
recertification as requirement for promotion in order to facilitate enforcement of TRCN professional
membership obligations in the Country.