TEACHERS’ DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME AS CORRELATE OF QUALITY ASSURANCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOL IN AWKA EDUCATION ZONE OF ANAMBRA STATE
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In this study, the researcher examined teachers' development programme as correlate of quality assurance in secondary schools in Awka Education Zone of Anambra State, The study presented a background that called for the importance of the study with five research questions and five hypotheses. The study was also designed using a linear correlation. The population of this study was made up of 4417 subjects (733 teachers and 3684 SS2 students) from the 24 public secondary schools of the 6 LGAs in Awka Education Zone of Anambra State. The sample for this study was made up of 1296 respondents (216 teachers and 1080 students). The researcher sampled the 1296 respondents using purposive, cluster and simple random sampling techniques. The instruments for the collection of data are two self-developed rating scales titled: Teachers' Development Programme Rating Scale (TDPRS) and Quality Assurance Rating Scale (QARS). The instruments passed through content validity and face validity by three specialists: two from the field of Educational Management and one from Educational Measurement and Evaluation from Pealand University, Enugu for Validation. The reliability co-efficient of the instruments were established at 0.72 and 0.81 for TDPRS and QARS respectively using Cronbach alpha statistic. Research questions were answered using Pearson "r" statistic while the hypotheses were tested using t-test significance of correlation at 0.05 level of significance. It was found in this study that; the index of relationship between teacher workshop, conference, seminar and induction/orientation for new staff programmes respectively and quality assurance in secondary schools is low and significant. It was also found that the level of relationship between teacher in-service training programme and quality assurance in secondary schools is low and significant. Based on these findings, the study recommended among others that; since it was found in this study that workshop minimally relate with quality assurance, ministry of Education and Anambra State Secondary Education Board should on annual basis organize workshop for teachers. Such programme should relate to the subject contents, use of teaching and lesson preparation and delivery, classroom management and students' evaluation.References
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