Vol. 2, July, 2024
Schools Climate and Conditions of Service as Determinant of Teachers’ job Performance in Public Senior Secondary Schools in Lagos State, Nigeria
Lilian Ijeoma AMAECHI, Modupe Margaret, ISAAC-PHILIPS, Ganiyat Olubunmi BELLO, Felicia Oluwakemi HASSAN, Lawrencia Chinyeaka ETOH, Prof. M.O.B MOHAMMED, Prof. Ayodeji Olasunkanmi ABARI
Abstract
This study examined the relationship between school climate and conditions of service as determinants
of teachers’ job performance in public senior secondary schools in Lagos State. Two hypotheses (tested
at 0.05 level of significance) and two research questions were set to serve as guides for the study. The
study’s foundation anchored is on Systems theory and Motivation theory. Correlational and descriptive
research designs were adopted. The study population comprised 322 Principals, 644 Vice-principals,
966 heads of departments and 20,243 teachers in public senior secondary schools in Lagos State. The
sample sizes were 96 Principals, 192 Vice-principals,288 heads of departments and 960 teachers after
stratifying the population into Education Districts and thereafter selecting through purposive and
simple random sampling techniques. Three main instruments were used to collect data after ensuring
their validity and establishing their reliability using the Cronbach Alpha Coefficient method. These
included ‘The School Climate Questionnaire (SCQ) (r=0.890), conditions of service Questionnaire
(CSQ) (r = 0.773) and Teachers’ Job Performance Questionnaire (TJPQ) (r = 0.837) Analysis of
data was carried out using both descriptive and inferential statistics (Pearson Product Moment
correlation coefficient, Regression Analysis). Some of the findings were that a positive negligible and
non-significant relationship exists between school climate and teachers’ job performance in public senior
secondary schools in Lagos State, Nigeria (r = 0.008, ? > 0.05). A significant relationship exists between
school climate and conditions of service. Furthermore, the results showed that a non-significant
relationship exists among school climate, conditions of service and teachers’ job performance (? = 0.802
> 0.05) in public senior secondary schools in Lagos State, Nigeria. The study concluded that the higher
the conditions of service, the more the school climate in public senior secondary schools and vice-versa.
The study therefore recommended that Principals and School Authorities should make the school climate
conducive for teachers to perform their duties well, Government and school management staff should
ensure regular training and re-training of teachers through in-service training, seminars, conferences
and workshops as part of conditions of service towards enhancing job performance. Government and
school management should also motivate teachers with surprise packages such as soft loans, free medical
carefree accommodation etc. which will spur teachers to enhance their job performance.
Keywords
School climate, conditions of service, Teachers Job Performance, Public Senior Secondary Schools, Welfare Packages
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