Influence of Teachers Biographic Attributes on Their Job Performance in Public Secondary Schools in Edo State of Nigeria
- October 25, 2021
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International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume V, Issue X, October 2021 | ISSN 2454–6186
Chief Ogbidi Iyare Friday1, Miss Oliha Anthonia2,
1 Department of English Studies, College of Education, Igueben, Edo State, Nigeria
2Lecturer, Department of English Studies, College of Education, Igueben, Edo State, Nigeria
Abstract: The study was undertaken to examine the influence of teacher’s biographic attributes on their job performance in public secondary schools in Edo State. Various theories concerning some concepts such as gender and marital status, qualification, experience as it relates to the job performance levels of teachers. Teachers were orally interviewed on these various variables as it affects their levels of job performance. The result showed that there was moderate level of teachers job performance in Edo State. It was recommended that qualified teachers should be employed and that Government should encourage teachers to attend conferences and seminars inorder to improve on their job performance.
I.INTRODUCTION
Education is a means of empowering the individual through the acquisition of knowledge and skills in order to become useful to himself and the community. Education is acclaimed to be the magic wand for the solution to all problems that plague mankind. Education therefore is a means through which man can learn certain ethics, values, beliefs and principles of life which will further enlighten the human mind, character and personality (Nwadiani, 2011).
In Nigeria, efforts are made by the government to ensure that those people who missed their earlier opportunities to obtain formal education when they were young now have a second chance in adult education. In pursuance of this laudable objective, various governments in Nigeria, either states or federal have over the years allocated a substantial part of their annual budget to education. This is in realization of the adoption of education as an instrument par excellence for national development (Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2004).
Education is one of the greatest services provided by the teacher. The teacher being the giver of instruction, an evaluator and model for students is a dominant force in the learning outcome of the students. The role of the teacher in the realization of the objectives in any educational system cannot be overemphasized. Teachers are vital links in the integration of effective education into the curriculum and they are the first line helpers in the school programme as well as the referral sources for students in need of additional assistance. For any student, education and character are the basic foundations and it is laid by the teacher. They tend to instill values, attitudes and behaviours in students. The school system is as good as the teacher who operates it. Teachers are
