LEVEL OF PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS’ JOB PRODUCTIVITY IN ONDO WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ONDO STATE

ABSTRACT The study focused on level of public primary school teachers’ job productivity in Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State. The population of this study consists of all primary school head teachers in all the public primary schools in Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State. For the purpose of this study, sixty (60) public primary schools were selected for the study. Also, a total number of sixty (60) head of schools were selected for the study through a snowballing sampling technique. The instrument used was a self structured questionnaire titled “Questionnaire on level of public primary school teachers’ job productivity in Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State”. The questionnaire was developed by the researcher after thorough review of relevant alternatives. The instrument reliability was determined through test and retest method of two weeks interval and 0.69 coefficient reliability, obtained. Thus, made the instrument to be useful for the study because of the high reliability value obtained. The research questions were analysed through the use of inferential statistics (frequency counts and simple percentages), while the research hypothesis were analysed using descriptive statistics (Pearson Product Moment Correlation, PPMC). Based on the findings of the study, conclusions were made that level of teachers’ job productivity could enhance achieving schools’ goals; keep vital schools’ records, influence discipline among the students and so on. It was therefore recommended that government and other providers of education should devise a way of making teacher to be committed to their job through formulation of appropriate policies, and teachers should be made to know the importance of their productivity to their jobs and a smooth running of school’s administration.