Influence of Social School Climate and Teachers’ Effectiveness in Senior Secondary Schools in Yobe State, Nigeria
- December 31, 2018
- Posted by: RSIS
- Category: Social Science
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume II, Issue XII, December 2018 | ISSN 2454–6186
Waziri Garba, El-jajah1, Luka Yelwa Barde2, Mohammed Gishiwa3
1Yobe State Teaching Service Board Damaturu Yobe State, Nigeria.
2,3Umar Suleiman College of Education Gashua, Yobe State, Nigeria
Abstract:-This study investigated the’ influence of social school climate and teachers’ effectiveness in senior secondary schools in Yobe State, Nigeria. There were three purposes that guided the study. One research question and one null hypothesis was formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The population of the study was 5322 subjects comprising school administrators and classroom teachers of senior secondary schools in Yobe State. The Sample size of 359 element comprising 18 school administrators and 341 Teachers were selected using Taro Yamane’s method and 18 senior secondary schools were selected through purposive sampling. A structured questionnaire with 20 items was used to gather data. Using five likert format rating scale. The statistical tool used in the analysis of one research question was mean and standard deviation while linear regression analysis was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. Findings from this study showed that social climate is high in senior secondary schools in Yobe State. The result of this study revealed that there is significant moderate relationship between social school climate and teachers’ effectiveness in senior secondary schools in Yobe State, Nigeria. This study recommended that Principals, teachers and students should maintain cordial relationship with teachers.There should also be free flow of communication among members of the staff in all senior secondary schools in Yobe State so that specific objectives and general goal of education could be achieved.
Key words: Social school climate, Teachers and Effectiveness
I. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
An education system without a teacher will be crippled and the development of the nation is primarily dependent on the educational system available in the country. In this regard teachers are needed to play a vital role in ensuring students’ academic achievement in school. In the conductive school environment, we have had a sense of how our teachers were performing and their im¬pact on student learning.