AN ANALYSIS OF FACTORS AFFECTING TEACHERS’ EFFECTIVENESS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KANO STATE: IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHER EDUCATION CURRICULUM REVIEW

Abstract

The study investigated factors affecting teachers’ effectiveness in secondary schools in Kano State for teacher education curriculum review in Nigeria. Three research questions were raised to guide the study. A survey research design was adopted for this study with a population of three hundred and seventy-eight (378) public secondary school teachers randomly selected across 23 Zonal Education Directorate of Kano State. A structured questionnaire titled “Factors Affecting Teachers’ Effectiveness in Secondary Schools Questionnaire (FATESSQ)” was used for data collection in the study. The reliability of the instrument was determined through the Cronbach’s alpha method and the value obtained was 0.79. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics in forms of frequency counts, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The result of the study showed that the level of teachers’ effectiveness in secondary schools in Kano State is on a low level which is affecting students’ performance. It was also found that unconducive learning and teaching environment, lack of motivation, poor condition of service for teachers, lack of pedagogical skills, inadequate mastery of subject matter, inadequate instructional facilities, late salary payment and delayed promotions, personal stress and workload, lack of interest for the teaching job, irregular evaluation of notes and lesson plan by school management are some of the factors that affect teachers’ effectiveness in secondary schools in Kano State. Providing enabling environment for teaching and learning, improved condition of service for teachers, increase teachers’ mastery of the subject matter, provision of adequate instructional facilities in schools, prompt payment of teachers’ salaries and other entitlements, review of teacher education curriculum among others were recommended as strategies that could be used to improve teachers’ effectiveness in Nigeria.