Influence Of Staff Provisional Development Programmes And Security Personnel On Teachers’ Job Performance In Secondary Schools In Obudu Lga In Cross River State, Nigeria
ABANG MAUREEN BARONG
Department of Vocational Education University of Calabar, Calabar
Atah Cletus Akpo
Department of Vocational Education University of Calabar, Calabar
Keywords: Staff development, Security Personnel, , Job performance, Secondary Schools
Abstract
This study was carried out to investigate influence of staff provisional development programmes and security personnel on teachers’ job performance in secondary schools in Obudu LGA in Cross River State, Nigeria. The study was guided by two research questions and two null hypotheses. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 300 teachers while the census sampling technique was used for the study. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire entitled: influence of staff provisional development programmes and security personnel on teachers’ job performance (ISPDPSPTJP). The instrument was face-validated by two experts. The reliability of the instrument was determined by using split half method and Cronbach alpha was used to analyze the data from the pilot test which yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.81. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation for the research questions and t-test statistics for the null hypotheses. Based on the analysis of the data, the results indicated that all the public secondary schools in Obudu LGA of Cross River State do not have adequate provision of staff provisional development programmes and security personnel. However, it was recommended among that; the schools management should ensure that every secondary schools in Obudu LGA should be provided with enough resource personnel for effective delivery in their job performance. The schools management should ensure school facilities are adequately supply for proper utilization. The School management should ensure that teachers are train and retrain though conferences and workshops yearly and the school management should provide adequate school security personnel to protect lives and property in secondary school environment.