SCHOOL FACILITY MANAGEMENT AS CORRELATES OF TEACHERS’ JOB EFFECTIVENESS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN SOUTH EAST, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study determined the relationship between school facilities management 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. School Facilities Management Questionnaire (SFMQ) and Teachers‘ Job Effectiveness Questionnaire (TJEQ) were used for data collection. SFMQ 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 0.85. and 0.79. four 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. Nwana in Nworgu (2015) interpreted the correlational scale as 0.00 to 0.20 as very low relationship, 0.20 to 0.40 as low relationship, 0.40 to 0.60 as moderate relationship, 0.60 to 0.80 as high relationship and 0.80 and above as very high relationship and this guided decision making in research questions. Moreover, in the hypotheses testing, null hypotheses were accepted where the probability value (p-value) is greater than the alpha value of 0.05 level of significance, otherwise the null hypotheses were rejected. The findings showed among others that the 
provision of administrative facilities, instructional facilities as well as recreational facilities significantly to a moderate and high extent respectively related to teachers‘ job effectiveness Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that educational researchers should carry out studies to find out how the provision of administrative facilities could relate or influence job effectiveness of teachers to a large extent.