School climate and productivity of teachers in public senior secondary schools, Ogun West Senatorial District, Nigeria
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https://doi.org/10.37134/jrpptte.vol13.2.9.2023Keywords:
Institutional environment, interpersonal relationship, school climate, school management factors, school related factor, teachers’ productivityAbstract
The objective of this study was to explore the potential correlation between school climate and teachers' productivity in public senior secondary schools in Ogun West Senatorial District, Nigeria. The study employed a correlational research design and was guided by four null hypotheses. Data were collected using a self-constructed questionnaire titled “School Climate and Teachers’ Productivity in Public Senior Secondary Schools in Ogun West Senatorial District, Nigeria” on a Likert Four Point Scale rating. The questionnaire obtained a reliability coefficient of 0.83. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select the sample, which consisted of 25 schools. In each of the 25 schools, 20 teachers were selected randomly on an equal gender basis, resulting in a total of 500 teachers and 200 hundred school head to include principal and heads of department, totaling 700 participants through a multistage sampling technique and data were analyzed using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient in the Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21.0. The findings indicated a significant relationship between interpersonal relationship and teachers’ productivity: a significant relationship between school safety and teachers’ productivity; a significant relationship between institutional environment and teacher’s productivity; and a significant relationship between school management and teachers’ productivity. By implication, all aspect of school climate identified in this study plays an integral role in teacher’s productivity, hence the needed catalyst for boosting a good atmosphere in school climate becomes the responsibility of all stakeholders in education. It can be concluded that school climate is key to teacher’s productivity. More so, it is recommended that every school should create a climate team comprising representatives from all school community groups, supported by strong and clearly defined climate leadership at all levels.
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