Benue State University, Makurdi

MANAGING PERSONNEL AND EFFECTIVE TEACHING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MAKURDI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BENUE STATE

Dr. Joan Nike Ada
Department of Educational Foundations, University of Agriculture, Makurdi

Peter Isaac Msughter
Department of Educational Foundations and General Studies, University of Agriculture, Makurdi

Abstract

The purpose of this paper was to examine the relationship between managing personnel and effective teaching in secondary schools in Makurdi Local Government Area. Three research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study was 421 teachers from 17 public secondary schools in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State. The sample size was 84 respondents (teachers) from 10 secondary schools. Two instruments were used for data collection viz: ‘‘Managing Personnel for Effective Teaching Questionnaire (MPETQ)’’ and ‘‘Effective Teaching Questionnaire (ETQ)’’. The instruments were trial tested on 10 teachers at government secondary school Gboko to determine the internal consistency using Crombach Alpha coefficient and yielded 0.87. The data collected was analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer research questions and Pearson Product Moment Correlation to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that safety and health, retirement benefits and training and development have significant relationship with teacher’s effective teaching in secondary schools. Based on the findings of the study, the following recommendations were made; government and principals of secondary schools should ensure that personnel in schools are safe and healthy through provision of health facilities such as health insurance services and medical facilities. Government should also improve on how retirement benefits are being managed in Benue State.

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