School Location as Determinant of Teachers’ Job Performance in Private and Public Secondary Schools within Ibadan Metropolis, Oyo State, Nigeria

Abstract

School location as determinant of teachers’ job performance in 
Ibadan Metropolis, Oyo State, Nigeria, was investigated in this 
study. Descriptive survey research design was used and it was 
questionnaire based. The population of the study comprised public 
and private secondary school teachers in Ibadan Metropolis, Oyo 
State of Nigeria. Multi-stage, cluster, purposive and simple random 
sampling techniques were used to select 1,320 teachers (male and 
female) from the selected public and private secondary schools for 
the study. Two research questions were raised and two hypotheses 
were formulated. The data collected for the study were analyzed 
using descriptive analysis, simple regression analysis and t-test. All 
the hypotheses were tested at 5% level of significance. Among 
others, the findings revealed that school location has no significant 
relationship with teachers’ job performance in Ibadan Metropolis, 
Oyo State, Nigeria. As a result of the findings, it was recommended 
that Government and private school proprietors should always 
ensure that school sites are favorably located.