UTILIZATION OF SCHOOL FACILITIES AS CORRELATES OF TEACHERS’ JOB EFFECTIVENESS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN SOUTH EAST, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study determined the relationship between utilization of school facilities and teachers‘ job effectiveness in public secondary schools in the south east Nigeria. The design adopted for the study is correlational research design. The study was carried out in the South East of Nigeria. The accessible population of the study consist of 29,445 teachers and principals which include 28,015 teachers and 1430 principals (Planning, Research and Statistics Unit of Secondary Education Management Board (SEMB) in the five states in South East, Nigeria, 2021). The sample for the study was 600 respondents consisting 91 principals and 509 teachers. A multi-stage sampling procedure and Taro Yamen sample size determination formula was used to determine the sample size using a sample fraction of 0.0235. Utilization of School Facilities Questionnaire (USFQ) and Teachers‘ Job Effectiveness Questionnaire 
(TJEQ) were used for data collection. USFQ and TJEQ were face validated by three experts, two from Department of Educational Management and one from Measurement and Evaluation in College of Education, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike. Pilot test was used to determine the reliability of the instrument. Cronbach Alpha coefficient reliability test was used to estimate internal reliability value of the instruments which yielded a correlation coefficient of 0.78 for USTQ and 0.81 for TJEQ. three briefed research assistants helped in the administration and collection of the instrument. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMCC) was used to answer the research questions while Simple Linear Regression to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings showed among others that utilization of instructional facilities significantly to a very high extent, relates 
to teachers‘ job effectiveness in public secondary schools. That utilization of recreational facilities significantly to a very high extent relate to teachers‘ job effectiveness in public secondary schools. Based on the findings of the study, the researchers recommended that; teachers should engage themselves on regular trainings on how to use different innovative instructional facilities to achieve effective instructional delivery; that school administration as well as other supervisory bodies should ensure that teachers make adequate use of the recreational facilities to teach students.