RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REGULAR PAYMENT OF SALARY AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT ON JOB PERFORMANCE

Abstract

This study investigated “Relationship between regular payment of salary and staff development on Job
Performance of Teachers in Secondary Schools in Kaduna State, Nigeria”. The study had two objectives
which are to; find out the relationship between payments of teachers’ salaries on job Performances of
teachers in secondary schools in Kaduna State, Nigeria; and to investigate the Relationship between
staff development on Job performances of Teachers in Secondary Schools in Kaduna State, Nigeria.
There were two research questions in line with the objectives and two null hypotheses postulated such
as; there is no significant difference in the opinions of principals, teacher and School supervisors
(Respondents) on regular payment of salary and staff development on job performances of teachers in
Secondary Schools in Kaduna state. The hypotheses were tested at 0.05 significant levels. Related
literatures on the topic were reviewed in this study. The researched was conducted using the descriptive
survey research design. The population consisted of 124 principals, 2092 teachers and 76 supervisors
making a total of 2292. To obtain the sample size for this research work, Kretie and Morgan statistical
table was used. A sample of 109 principals, 858 teachers and 64 supervisors making a total of 1031 was
purposively selected and used for the sample study. A questionnaire containing 20 items was deployed to
collect data for the study using 5 Likert rating scale of strongly agree (SA), agree (A), Undecided (U),
Disagree (D), and strongly Disagree (SD) was used for gathering data. The instrument was self
structured questionnaire validated by my supervisors and experts in the department and pilot tested with
reliability co-efficient of 0.92.The Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMCC) statistic was the statistic used, the two null hypotheses tested, were retained (accepted). The findings of the study
revealed that, regular salary payment in the school enhances teachers’ status; In-service training such
as seminars, workshops and conferences help teachers to work in harmony with students in the school.
From the findings: It was recommended that payment of salary should be made a priority from the
Federal Government subvention and State generated revenue before considering any other project,
training and retraining of teachers should be effectively carried out to help teachers to embraced current
issues in educational development and their method of teaching in secondary schools in Kaduna State,
Nigeria.