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Kelechi C. Mezieobi, Ifeoma F. Chukwuma-Nwankwo, Ifeanyi K. Ajaegbo, Ginikanwa G. Agulanna, Ayodele O. Okobia, Catherine U. Osuji, Uchechukwu Ali, Adaugo Nwosu, Thelma C. Mezieobi
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DOI:10.17265/2161-6248/2023.01.008
Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Nigeria
Contemporary issues in global development abound. These issues may be social, economic, psychological, technological, physical, or spiritual. Teachers’ retraining opportunities and job effectiveness are emerging trends in work places that need to be given priority attention. Teachers in all institutions of learning, whether lower basic education level schools (primary 1-3), middle basic education level schools (primary 4-6), upper basic education level schools (JSS 1-3), senior secondary schools, or higher education institutions (HEIs) (universities, colleges of education and polytechnics in the Nigerian context) need retraining opportunities for effectiveness and efficiency. This study examined teachers’ retraining opportunities and job effectiveness in public secondary school in Imo State, Nigeria. Three research questions and three null hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a correlational design. The population of the study was 673 teachers and principals of the 33 public senior secondary schools in Owerri Municipal Council, Imo State, Nigeria, West Africa. This comprises 33 principals and 640 teachers. The sample of the study is 220 principals and teachers in the study area. The multistage sampling technique was adopted in selecting the sample. Two sets of self-structured questionnaire title “Teachers’ Retraining Opportunities Questionnaire” (TROQ) and “Job Effectiveness Questionnaire” (JEQ) were used in the collection of data from the respondents. The instruments were validated by three experts two in Educational Management and one from Measurement and Evaluation, Imo State University. A test of internal consistency was adopted in establishing the reliability of the instrument. Reliability indexes of 0.81, 0.85, and 0.79 were obtained for the three clusters of the instrument. The data collected were analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation coefficient. The findings of the study revealed that there is a positive relationship between teachers retraining opportunities such as Post-Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE), workshops, and mentoring and teachers job effectiveness in public senior secondary schools in Owerri Municipal Council, Imo State, Nigeria, West Africa. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that the State Ministry of Education should come up with a policy that would require all teachers in government secondary schools who do not have their first degree in Education to enrol for a Post-Graduate Diploma in Education. This would enhance their effectiveness in teaching to a high extent.
teachers, retraining, opportunities, job, effectives, secondary school
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