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