ETHICS OF SCHOOL FUNDING AND SUPERVISION AND TEACHER JOB PRODUCTIVITY IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EKITI STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study examined the relationship among school funding, supervision and teachers’ job productivity in public secondary schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population for the study consisted of 7332 teachers and 202 principals in all public secondary schools in Ekiti State. The sample for the study consisted of 288 teachers and 24 principals. Two research instruments tagged “Ethics of School Funding and Supervision Questionnaire (ESFSQ)” and “Teachers’ Job Productivity Questionnaire (TJPQ)” were used to obtain relevant information for the study. The two instruments consisted two sections each, section A and B. Section A of each instrument sought for bio-data of the respondents. Section B of “Ethics of School Funding and Supervision Questionnaire (ESFSQ)” contained 10 items that elicited information on ethics of school funding and supervision while section B of “Teachers’ Job Productivity Questionnaire (TJPQ)” contained 10 items that elicited information on teachers’ job productivity. The face and content validity was used for the study. The instruments were validated by experts in the field of Educational Management. Test retest method of reliability was used for the study. The instruments were administered on 12 respondents comprising 10 teachers and 2 principals in two schools outside the sampled area on two occasions within the interval of two weeks. The two sets of responses were correlated and analyzed using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation and a coefficient of 0.70 and 0.73 were obtained for both instruments which considered high enough for the study. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The research questions were answered using mean, standard deviation and frequency count while the hypotheses were tested using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that the level of funding and supervision in public secondary schools in Ekiti State was high. The study further revealed that the level of teachers’ job productivity was high in public secondary schools in Ekiti State. The study showed that there was a significant relationship between school funding and teachers’ job productivity in public secondary schools. Based on the findings of the study, it was concluded that teachers’ job productivity will be high when schools are properly funded and well supervised. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that stakeholders should give priority to funding of schools and schools should be from time to time supervised.