KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND TEACHERS JOB PERFORMANCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BIASE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, CROSS RIVER STATE.

ABSTRACT This study was carried out to examine the relationship between Knowledge management and teacher’s job performance in secondary schools in Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State. The study used descriptive research design. The general population of this study consisted of all teachers in the study area. According to the department of Research Planning and Statistics of the Secondary Education Board (2024), there are 14 public secondary schools in Biase Local Government Area with a teacher population of 216 comprising of 127 or 58% males and 89 or 49% females. The target population of the study comprised of 100 teachers representing 46.3% of the total population five (5) public secondary schools were randomly selected out of 14 public secondary. Sample size consisted of 100 teachers and their corresponding school selected from five (5) secondary schools who participated in the study. The sample consisted of 75 (75%) males and 25 (25%) females to establish this relationship, three (3) hypotheses were postulated and analyzed with person’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient analysis at 0.05 level of significant. Based on the result obtained, it was concluded that: there is a significant relationship between knowledge sharing, knowledge acquisition, knowledge based programmes and teachers job performance in secondary schools in Biase. Based on the conclusion, it was recommended that teachers should make use of knowledge sharing, knowledge acquisition and knowledge based programmes to encourage their student in secondary schools in Biase.