TIME MANAGEMENT AS CORRELATES OF TEACHERS’ EFFECTIVENESS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA.

Abstract

Time is a valuable resource for the realization of set goals both by individuals and organizations. This study was carried out to determine the relationship between time management and teachers’ effectiveness in public secondary schools in Anambra State. The correlational survey research design was used for this study. The population of this study comprised  766 public  secondary  school teachers  in the four local government  areas that made up Nnewi Education Zone. All the 674 female teachers and 92 male teachers totalling

766 were sampled for the study. The study was guided by two research questions and two null

hypotheses. The instruments for data collection were structured questionnaires developed by the researchers tagged; “Time Management Questionnaire (TMQ)” and “Teachers’ Job Effectiveness Questionnaires (TJEQ).” Each questionnaire was divided into two parts, part I and II. Part I contained the personal data of the respondents. Part II has two clusters A-B and a 4-point rating scale. The 4-point rating scale for the responses was employed thus; Very  High  Relationship  (VHR)  -        4points,  High  Relationship      (HR)  -  3points,  Low Relationship    (LR) - 2points Very Low Relationship (VLR) -  1point.    The face validity of each instrument was established by three experts; two in Educational Management and one in Measurement and Evaluation. All the three experts were lecturers in the Department of Educational   Foundations,   Faculty   of   Education,   Chukwuemeka   Odumegwu   Ojukwu University, Igbariam Campus, Anambra State, Nigeria. Cronbach Alpha method was used to determine  the  reliability  of  the  instruments.  The  reliability  of  the  instruments  yielded coefficient of 0.73. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMC) in Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23 was used to analyse the collected data. The hypotheses  were tested at .05 level of significance.  Findings revealed  that there is a high positive relationship between planning in advance, following planned schedule and teachers’ effectiveness and they are significantly related. There was low positive relationship between evaluation  of  time  and  teachers’  effectiveness  but  there  was  no  significant  relationship between them. It was recommended  among others that teachers should adhere to planned school time table and moreso, time management skills should  be included in teacher training programmes.