INFLUENCE OF TEACHERS CAPACITY BUILDING ON THEIR JOB EFFECTIVENESS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN CALABAR SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF CROSS RIVER STATE

This study examines the Influence of Teachers’ Capacity Building on their Job Effectiveness in Secondary Schools within the Calabar Sout h Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. The objective is t o explore the current status of capacity building programs available for t eachers, examine the relationship between Teachers’ Participation in Ca pacity Building initiatives and their job effectiveness, identify the factors that facilitate or hinder engagement in these programs, and propose rec ommendations for enhancing capacity building initiatives. To achieve the aim of this study, three null hypotheses were formulated t o guide this study. Literature related to the variables under study was rev iewed according to the hypotheses for the study. Ex-post factor researc h design was adopted for the study. A total sample of one hundred and t wo (102) respondents was selected for the study. The selection was do ne through the simple random sampling technique. Instruments used for the collection of data were the questionnaire and achievement test. To t est the hypotheses and to ascertain whether to reject or retain them, ind ependent t-test analysis was considered appropriate to test the hypothe ses for the study, because of the nature of the variables involved in the study. All hypotheses were subjected to testing at 0.05 levels of significance with critical values of 1.984 and degrees of freedom of 108. Based on the findings of the study, it teas recommended among others that th ere is need for government to organize seminars through principals to tr ain and develop teachers’ skills so as to enhance their job effectiveness.