INFLUENCE OF QUALITY ASSURANCE MEASURES ON TEACHERS’ JOB PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN AWKA EDUCATION ZONE OF ANAMBRA STATE
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This study examined influence of quality assurance measures on teachers’ job performance in public secondary schools in Awka Education Zone of Anambra State. Three research questions and one null hypothesis guided the study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. The population of the study comprised all the 61 principals and 1,345 teachers in the 61 public secondary schools in Awka Education Zone of Anambra State. Unbiased sampling method of simple sampling technique was used to select ten schools with ten principals from Awka Education Zone of Anambra State, 24 teachers each from the selected schools in Awka Education Zone of Anambra State. A total of 250 respondents (ten principals and 240 teachers) were used for the study. A researcher-developed instrument duly validated by experts was used for data collection. The reliability was ascertained through test retest method of establishing reliability. The two sets of scores obtained were correlated using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient which yielded the value of .71. Frequency counts and percentage scores were used to answer the research questions while the Pearson Product Moment Correlation statistics was used to test the hypothesis at .05 level of significance. The result of the study revealed among others that many of the principals in public secondary schools in Awka Education Zone of Anambra State carry out their principals’ administrative roles as expected of them. Again, positive and strong relationship existed between quality assurance measures and teachers’ job performance in public secondary schools in Awka Education Zone of Anambra State. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that school principals should collaborate with relevant stakeholders to promote capacity development of teachers through intensive and regular in-house seminars and workshops to improve knowledge, pedagogical skills and proficiency of teachers in various subjects, and improvisation of instructional materials to improve teaching-learning process in secondary schools.
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