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- ItemTEACHERS' COMPENSATION: A TOOL FOR ENHANCING SECONDARY SCHOOLS' EFFECTIVENESS IN KWARA STATE(AL-HIKMAH JOURNAL OF EDUCATION (AHJE), 2022-12-01)The role which compensation plays in boosting teachers’ morale towards performing their duties in a way which would enhance school effectiveness cannot be over-emphasised. Hence, this paper discussed compensation as financial and non-financial rewards which government provides for teachers to enhance their satisfaction level and school effectiveness. The components of compensation were identified as salary, promotion, training opportunities and health services. This paper was premised on Two-factor theory which was propounded by Fredrick Herzberg in 1959. It emphasized on motivating factors and hygiene factors. School effectiveness was discussed as the extent to which the school achieves its stated goals, especially in the aspect of students’ academic performance. It was concluded that adequate and timely provision of compensation to the teachers is a way of continually boosting their morale towards performing their job in a way that would facilitate effectiveness of Kwara State secondary schools. Based on the discussions, it was suggested, among other things, that government should ensure that teachers’ salary is timely and adequately paid at the end of the months, to enhance the actualisation of school effectiveness. Also, government should, as a matter of urgency, genuinely implement the New Minimum Wage for teachers to increase their monthly take-home, as against the consequential adjustment, so as to be able to take care of themselves and the families better, and get more motivated to perform their duties better to actualise school effectiveness.
- ItemPrincipal Transformational Leadership Behaviour and Secondary School Effectiveness in Kwara State, Nigeria(CANADIAN SOCIAL SCIENCE, 2024-02-20) ABDULKAREEM RASAQ LANRE, JAMIU OLATUNJO OTTAN, ADARAMAJA MURIALA SHEU.The effectiveness of secondary schools in Kwara state has been a source of concern to stakeholders which may not be unconnected to the leadership style of the principals. The purpose of the study is to investigate the relationship between principal transformational leadership behaviour and secondary school effectiveness in Kwara State, Nigeria. Two research questions and four operational hypotheses were set to guide the study. Descriptive research design was adopted to carry out the study. The population for this study comprised all the 7,585 teachers in the 427 senior secondary schools in the 16 Local Government Areas of Kwara State. The stratified random sampling technique was used to group the teachers into the three senatorial districts in Kwara state. Proportional sampling technique (with the aid of Kreijcie and Morgan (1971) sample determination table) was used to select 191 teachers out of 3,952 from Kwara central, 55 teachers out of 1,127 from Kwara North and 121 teaches out of 2506 from Kwara south. The total sample of the study is therefore 367. A researcher-designed questionnaire titled “Principal Transformational Leadership Behaviour Questionnaire (PTLBQ)” was used to collect data on principal transformational leadership behaviour and a pro forma was used to collect the students’ academic performance for five years as a measure of school effectiveness. Percentage was to answer the research questions while Pearson Product Moment Correlation statistic was used to test the hypotheses formulated The study revealed that there is significant relationship between principal transformational leadership behaviour and secondary school effectiveness in Kwara State, Nigria. it was recommended that Government should endeavour to support principals with needed resources so as to aid their creativity and the adoption of best transactional leadership qualities. The principals should work towards improving on the Individualized consideration of their follower’s needs, acts as a mentor or coach to the follower, and listens to the follower’s concerns.
- ItemRELATIONSHIP AMONG COGNITIVE STYLES OF FIELD INDEPENDENCE, FIELD DEPENDENCE AND SENIOR SECONDARY STUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS IN ILORIN EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT, KWARA STATE(DEPARTMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD AND PRIMARY EDUCATION KWASU (JCRE), 2023-11-01) Yunusa kayode, SAADU, Muritala Adaramaja SHEUMathematics is key to science and technological development of any nation. Research has revealed the downward trend in students' performance in Mathematics and this has been partly traced to teacher and learner-related factors. Therefore, this study investigated the relationship between cognitive styles of field independence/ field dependence and students' achievement in Mathematics in Ilorin East Local Government, Kwara State. The objectives of the study were to assess: (i) students' profile of academic achievement (ii) students' cognitive styles (FI/FD) (iii) the relationship among field independence, field independence and students' achievement in Mathematics. The study adopted a descriptive research design of correlational type. The sample comprised 270 students III in Ilorin East, Kwara State. An adapted version of FI and FD Scale by Wyss (2002) and an adopted Mathematics Performance Test in WAEC May/June 2022 multiple choice past questions were used for data collection. The reliability coefficients and face and content validity of the instruments were determined. The data collected were analyzed using frequency count, percentage, and Multiple regression at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed a significant positive relationship among field independence/ field dependence and students' achievement in 2 Mathematics (R =.041; F=5.684, p 0.05). The study concluded that students' academic performance in Mathematics has positive relationship with students' cognitive styles of field independence and field dependence. The implication of this study is that students' cognitive style is a positive factor of students' achievement in Mathematics. It was recommended among others that stakeholders, especially teachers, should take into account students' cognitive styles and adapt their teaching methods to suit the learners' cognitive styles especially in teaching mathematics.
- ItemComparative Analysis Between Conditions of Service and Professional Commitment among Private School Teachers in Ilorin-South Local Government, Kwara State(Zamfara International Journal of Education (ZIJE), 2023-10-05) Adaramaja, Sheu MuritalaThis study investigated comparative analysis between conditions of service and commitment among private school teachers in Ilorin-south local government, Kwara State. Correlational research design was adopted for this study. Purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between teachers’ conditions of service and commitment in private secondary schools in Ilorin south local Government area of Kwara State, Nigeria. Two research questions and five hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study comprise 13145 (7145 male;6000 female) private secondary school teachers in Ilorin south local Government area of Kwara State during the 2022/2023 academic session. The sample size of the study consists of 364(Male 200; female 164) private secondary school teachers selected using proportional sampling technique. A Researcher-designed questionnaire titled ‘Teachers’ conditions of service and commitment questionnaire (TCOSCOQ) was used for data collection’. Reliability coefficient of 0.85 was obtained. Percentage was used to answer the research questions while Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Statistic was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed there is significant relationship between teachers’ conditions of service and commitment in private secondary schools in Ilorin south local Government area, Kwara State. Based on the findings of the study, it was concluded that teachers need to be committed to their responsibilities and to achieve this, their conditions of service must be favourable. The study therefore recommends among others that school owners should endeavour to pay teachers’ salary regularly and ensure that teachers’ salary are increase as and when due.
- ItemComparative Analysis of Teachers’ Job Performance in Private and Public Secondary Schools in Ilorin East Local Government, Kwara State(KONTAGORA INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION RESEARCH (KIJER), 2024-05-30) Kamaldeen Olohundare Sulyman, Muritala Adaramaja SHEU, Sherifat Olowo Salihu, Isiaq IbrahimThe study examined the difference between teachers’ job performance in private and public secondary schools in Ilorin East Local Government, Kwara State. Descriptive research design of survey type was employed in the study. The population of the study comprised all SSS three students in the 40 public and 36 private secondary schools in Ilorin East Local Government, Kwara State. Twenty public secondary schools and 18 private secondary schools were proportionately sampled, this represented 50% of each school type. Ten students were randomly selected from each of the sampled schools to make a total of 380. Researcher-designed questionnaire titled “Teachers’ Job Performance Questionnaire” (TJPQ) was used to collect data. The instrument was validated. Reliability of the instrument was ensured using Cronbach’s Alpha and coefficient of 0.68 was realised. T-test was used to test the hypotheses. Out of the 360 copies of the questionnaire distributed, only 327 were filled, returned and used for analysis. The findings of the study revealed that there was a significant difference between teachers’ job performance in private and public secondary schools in Ilorin East Local Government, Kwara State. Based on the findings of the study, teachers in public secondary schools should be more committed to their job performance while private secondary school teachers should not rest on their oars, in order to facilitate effective realisation of the school goals.