Capacity Development and Teachers’ Productivity in Public Secondary Schools in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State
Dr. Odunayo, Henry Adewale; Dr. Oyetakin Akinrotimi Iyiomo & Dr. Mrs. Odunayo, Mabel Olufunmilayo
Abstract
This study examined capacity development and teachers’ productivity in public secondary schools in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State. The objectives of this research work were to examine if capacity development programmes enhance teachers’ productivity. Four research questions were raised while four research hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The research design used was a descriptive survey. The population of the study consisted of all public secondary school principals and teachers in the area of study. The sample of the study was 126 respondents. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 20 teachers and 6 principals from the selected school. The research instruments used for this study were two self-structured questionnaires titled “Capacity Development Questionnaire (CDQ) and Teachers’ Productivity Questionnaire (TPQ)” which were used to collect data. The instrument was validated and the reliability with the r scores of 0.75 and 0.83 respectively. Descriptive statistics was used to answer the research questions, while the research hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient at 0.05 level of significance. Findings showed that there was a significant relationship between capacity development and teachers’ productivity in public secondary schools (r-cal 0.874 > r-tab 0.178). Also, there was a significant relationship between capacity development and teachers’ attitude to work (r-cal 0.831> r-tab 0.178). It was also revealed that there was a significant relationship between capacity development and lesson preparation(r-cal 0.590 > r-tab 0.178). Finally, there was a significant relationship between capacity development and students discipline (r-cal 0.822 > r-tab 0.178). Based on the findings, it was recommended that there is need to promote capacity development of teachers through intensive and regular seminars/workshops based on needs assessment in secondary schools.