SCHOOL QUALITY AND TAPIRS' PERIORMANCE ERTECTIVENESS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN CALABAR MUNICIPAL AREA COUNCIL, CROSS RIVER STATE

ABSTRACT The focus of this study is to investigate school quality and teachers' performance effectiveness in secondary schools in Calabar Municipal Area Council, Cross River State. The research design adopted for this study was the ex-post facto design. Four research questions were raised and transformed into research hypotheses which was test at -05 level of significance. The population comprised of both male and female with a total number of eight hundred and twenty (820) teachers. The simple random sampling technique to select T60 respondents, 90 males and 70 females. Two instruments were used for data collection. The questionnaires are titled «School Quality and Teachers' Performance Effectiveness (SQTPEQ)"Teachers Performance Effectiveness Questionnaire (1PE). Test re-test reliability estimate was used to obtain reliability of the instruments which produce reliability index of 0.98 and 0.89 respectively. The results indicated that there was a significant relationship between quality physical facilities, instructional facilities, school leadership, school environment and teachers’ performance effectiveness. Based on the finding’s conclusion was drawn and recommendations were made that above all other things; government should ensure the provision of quality instructional facilities to enhance teachers' performance effectiveness.