Administrative Efficiencies and Teachers Productivity in Delta State Secondary Schools, Nigeria

Abstract

Principals’ administrative efficiency is very imperative to the school system, and a lack of it would lead to inefficiency and could reduce productivity on the part of the teachers. Overtime, stakeholders in the educational industry, particularly at the secondary level, have complained about low teacher productivity, which is reflected in students’ academic achievement. It is not possible to conclude that low teacher productivity is due to administrative inefficiency, which is why this study must be empirically conducted. This study determined administrative efficiencies and teacher productivity in Delta State secondary schools, Nigeria. Three research questions and hypotheses gave the study a direction. The study adopted the ex-post facto design of the correlational survey method. The population for the study consists of 13,531 principals and teachers in government secondary schools in Delta State, comprising of 467 secondary school principals and 13,064 secondary school teachers in Delta State. A stratified sampling procedure was used to sample 862 principals and teachers’ in secondary schools. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire on Administrative Efficiencies Questionnaire (AEQ) and Teachers Productivity Questionnaire (TPQ), which was used to gather information from respondents. Research questions were answered with a mean score and coefficient of determination, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Statistics was used to test all hypotheses with a significance level of 0.05. Findings show that administrative efficiencies, principals’ commitment to work, and effective management of teaching facilities predict teachers’ productivity in Delta State secondary schools. It was recommended, among others, that effective management of teaching facilities determines teachers’ productivity. There is a need for principals in Delta State secondary schools through the ministry of education to make teaching facilities available for teachers' use.