Benue State University, Makurdi

TRAINING AND RETRAINING OF TEACHERS AS A PRECURSOR TO ACADEMIC STAFF PERFORMANCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BENUE STATE

John Iorlumun Agber

This study investigated training and retraining as precursors to teachers’ performance in secondary schools in Benue State, Nigeria. Two research questions and two null hypotheses were raised for the study. The design of the study was descriptive survey research design. The population of the study consisted 10,310 teachers from 958 public secondary schools in Benue State. Purposive random sampling technique was used to sample 15 secondary schools from the three senatorial districts of Benue State. A total of 75 teachers were randomly selected. The instrument used for data collection was a self-structure questionnaire which consisted of 10 items and titled Training and Retraining of Teachers as Precursor to Academic Staff Performance Questionnaire (TRPASPQ). The instrument was validated by experts in the fields of educational research and administered on the respondents through direct delivery approach to enable the researcher to have a satisfactory return of the questionnaire copies administered. A reliability of 0.87 was obtained using Cronbach Alpha statistic. Data collected was analyzed using simple descriptive statistics of mean scores and standard deviation to answer research questions with a mean score cut-off pint of 2.50. Chi-square was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. It was found that on-the-job training and retraining opportunities and off-the job training and retraining opportunities have significance. The study concluded that on-the-job training and retraining opportunities and off-the-job training and retraining opportunities have significant impact on teacher’s job performance in Benue State. The study, therefore, recommended, among others, that Ministry of Education and principals of secondary school should always charge those in higher ranks to initiate their subordinates to work ethics and proficiency through job rotation, peer mentoring, and that, secondary school’s management should make efforts to train and retrain teachers off-the-job by sponsoring them for conferences, seminars and workshops to enhance their skills for effective performance.

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