Resources Availability and Teacher’s Productivity in Secondary School in Ilorin East Local Government Area, Kwara State

ABSTRACT

This study investigated resources availability and teachers’ productivity in secondary school in Ilorin east local government area, Kwara State.

Descriptive Survey of Correlation type was adopted for the study. The population of this study was made up of public and private secondary schools in the Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State. However, simple random sampling technique was used to select nine (9) public and six (6) private secondary schools and 135 respondents.

The instrument was a researcher’s designed questionnaire. The questionnaire was titled: “Resources Availability and Teacher’s Productivity Questionnaire” (RATPQ). Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions and Pearson Product Moment Correlation statistic was used to test the formulated research hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level of significance.

The study revealed that; the level of the extents the teachers in secondary school needs educational resources was high in Ilorin east local government area Kwara State, The impact of the resources has on teachers’ productivity in both private and public schools was high in Ilorin east local government area Kwara State, The extents to which that resources provided to the teachers in public school was low and in private school was high in Ilorin east local government area Kwara State, Extents to which resources made available to teacher of relevance to the instruction to be passed on the students was high in Ilorin east local government area Kwara State.

The results from the analysis of the both main hypothesis operational hypotheses were tested and rejected. There was significant relationship between resource availability and teachers’ productivity in secondary schools in Ilorin east local government area Kwara State, There was significant relationship human resources availability and teachers’ productivity in secondary schools in Ilorin east local government area Kwara State, There was significant relationship material resources availability and teachers’ productivity in secondary schools in Ilorin east local government area Kwara State and There was significant relationship financial resources availability and teachers’ productivity in secondary schools in Ilorin east local government area Kwara State.

Based on the research finding of this study the following recommendations were made;  The government should ensure that there are enough teachers as human resources in schools to avoid work overload and ensure their productivity, The various stakeholders should ensure that there are adequate resources are available in the school to create a conducive environment for teaching and learning, The Ministry of Education should ensure that adequate money are allocated and proper monitoring to the secondary school education in order to enhance teachers’ productivity and There should be provision of other non-human materials to the schools in order to facilitate the effective and efficient of the secondary schools teachers.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page                                                                                                        i

Certificate                                                                                                       ii

Dedication                                                                                                      iii

Acknowledgement                                                                                          iv

Abstract                                                                                                          v

Table of content                                                                                              vi-vii  

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

Background to the Study                                                                                1-5

Statement of the Problem                                                                               5         

Purpose of the Study                                                                                       6

Research Questions                                                                                        6         

Research Hypotheses                                                                                      7

Scope of Study                                                                                                7

Definition of Terms                                                                                        7-10

CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Concept of educational resources                                                                   11-15

Resources Allocation in Secondary Schools                                                  15-19  

Administrators roles in resources management                                             19-24  

Concept of teachers’ productivity                                                                  24-25

Measures of productivity in school                                                                25-26

Students of academic performance                                                                27-29

Appraisal literature reviewed                                                                         29-31

CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH  METHOD   

Research design                                                                                              32

Population, sample & sampling techniques                                                   32-33

Instrumentation                                                                                               33-34

Procedure for data collection                                                                          34

Data analysis techniques                                                                                34

CHAPTER FOUR

Presentation, Analysis and Discussion of Findings                                       35-40

Discussion of the Finding                                                                               40-42

CHAPTER FIVE

Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations                                             43-44

Conclusions of the findings                                                                            44-45

Recommendations                                                                                          45

References                                                                                                      46-48

Appendix                                                                                                        49-52