Staff Training and Development Programmes and Secondary School Teachers’ Job Performance in Oyo Metropolis

Abstract

The ability of the secondary school system to achieve its goal depends 
on the number, skills and performance of its teachers. As a result, this 
study looked at theimpact of staff training and development 
programmes on secondary school teachers’ job performance in Oyo. 
The design adopted was the descriptive survey design of the Ex-post 
facto. The population of the study comprised of all secondary schools 
in Oyo metropolis. A Purposive sampling technique was used to select 
10 schools from the three Local Governments in Oyo metropolis. A 
Simple random sampling technique was also used to select 20 
teachers each from the 10 sampled schools making a total of 200 
teachers that served as total respondents. Data collected through selfdesigned teachers’ questionnaire were analyzed using simple 
percentages, mean and independent t-test statistics. The hypotheses 
were tested at a 0.05 level of significance. The results from the 
analysis showed that there is a significant difference in the 
performance of teachers who participated in staff training and 
development program and those who did not (p-value 0.000 is less 
than alpha value 0.05) but there is no significant difference in the 
level of participation of public and private schools’ teachers in training 
and development programme (P-value 0.104) is higher than alpha 
value 0.05). It is concluded that training and development 
programmes have a tremendous effect on the job performance of 
secondary school teachers in Oyo metropolis. Participation in seminars 
assist teachers to discuss their experiences on the job with other

colleagues and this improves their knowledge and job performance. 
Based on the findings and conclusion, it is therefore recommended 
that teachers should be encouraged by the school administrators to 
attend workshops and seminars in their subjects frequently. They 
should be encouraged to change their negative attitude towards 
training and development programme to improve their job 
performance. Government should give adequate financial provision for 
teachers’ training and development programme.