Personnel Management Practices and Teachers’ Retention in Public Secondary Schools in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume VI, Issue XII, December 2019 | ISSN 2321–2705

Personnel Management Practices and Teachers’ Retention in Public Secondary Schools in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Okpebru, Okpebru Oden PhD¹, Martha Daniel Ekpe PhD² and Enueshike Peter³

¹University of Calabar, Calabar Cross River State, Nigeria
²Cross River University of Technology Calabar Cross River State, Nigeria
³Nassarawa State University, Keffi, Nassarawas State, Nigeria

Abstract:-The study investigates personnel management practices and teachers’ retention in Public Secondary Schools in Akwa Ibom State. To achieve this aim, three research questions and hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The correlation research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consisted of 5210 Public Secondary School Teachers. Stratified and simple random sampling techniques were adopted to select 521 teachers for the study. The personnel management practices and teachers’ retention questionnaire (PMPTRQ) was used to elicit information for the study. The reliability coefficient of the instrument ranged from 0.71 to 0.91 using Cronbach Alpha Reliability Method. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation and Multiple Regression statistical tools were used for data analysis. The results of the study revealed that principal/staff relationship and promotion were related to teachers’ retention in Public Secondary Schools in Akwa Ibom State. The result of the study further showed that principal/staff relationship and promotion a dimensions of personnel management practices when taken together significantly predicted teachers’ retention in public secondary schools. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that adequate promotion of teachers’ should be encouraged. Also there should be hormonal relationship among teachers in the study area.

Keywords: Personnel, Management Practices, Teachers’, Retention, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

I. BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY

Secondary education is the type of education people receive after primary education and before tertiary education. It occupies an essential position in the Nigerian educational system. It is aimed at providing functional education to the youths. Functional education emphasizes utilitarian purposes which deal with the preparation of the students for useful living in the society. In the present knowledge driven society caused by advent of new technologies that have influenced all facets of human endeavours including the education sector, secondary education needs dynamic and committed teachers who are willing to remain in the teaching profession. This is because teachers are the backbone of any nation’s educational system and are central to the success of the schools. Therefore, teachers’ retention is crucial in keeping the secondary educational system on track.

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