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