Influence of School Environmental Factors and Teachers’ Effectiveness on Public Secondary Schools Teaching and Learning Activities in Ekiti State

Abstract

The study examined school environmental factors and teacher effectiveness in public secondary schools in Ekiti State. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The research instrument used for data collection was the "Teacher Self Report Inventory" (TSRI), with a reliability value of 0.85. The population of the study was that which represented all the teachers in public secondary schools in Ekiti State. From 1563, teachers teaching English Language, Mathematics, and Biology in the public secondary schools of Ekiti State were selected using Random Sampling, Stratified Sampling, and Purposive Sampling Techniques. One research question and one hypothesis were formulated. Data collected for the study were analyzed using descriptive statistics for the research questions while an Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) test was used to determine the validity of the hypothesis. The hypothesis was 
tested at 0.5 level of significance. Only 7.3 per cent of Ekiti State's public secondary schools have adequate facilities. A substantial combined influence of school environmental variables on teacher effectiveness was also found (R = 0.460, R2 = 0.212, F(4, 315)=20.803; P<0.05). Also, there was a significant combined influence of school environmental factors. The study concluded that teachers in Ekiti State Public Secondary School worked in an ineffective school environment. It is recommended that the government should invest more in the education sector to ensure adequate provision of educational facilities in all their schools for teachers to be effective.