Education Quality Management and Teacher Effectiveness in Nigeria
Pengurusan Kualiti Pendidikan dan Keberkesanan Guru di Nigeria
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https://doi.org/10.53840/attarbawiy.v3i1.67Keywords:
education quality, management, teacher effectiveness, NigeriaAbstract
This study investigated education quality management and teacher effectiveness in Nigeria. The aims of this study are to examine the relationship between good administration, discipline, optimal curriculum implementation and teacher effectiveness in public primary schools in Nigeria. Three hypotheses were formulated. Quantitative research design was used for the study. A self-constructed questionnaire titled “Education Quality Management and Teacher Effectiveness Questionnaire” (EQMTEQ) was used to collect information for the study. The population of this study comprised all 14,216 teachers in public primary schools in Kwara State, Nigeria. Sample of 376 were selected with the use of Research Advisor (2006) table of determined sample size of a known population, stratified random sampling technique was used to select teachers from the sample schools. The data collected were analyzed using Pearson product moment correlation statistical analysis. All hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The results shows that there was a positive and significant relationship between good administration, discipline, optimal curriculum implementation and teacher effectiveness in public primary schools in Nigeria. It was recommended that head teachers should continue to provide effective administrative functions, head teachers should serve as a role model in carried out their duties in order enhance teacher effectiveness in public primary schools in Nigeria.
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