THE EFFECT OF TEACHERS' WELFARE ON JOB PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ONDO STATE, NIGERIA IN THE RECESSION PERIOD

Abstract

The study focused on the appraisal of staff welfare administration in public secondary schools in Ondo State during the economic recession. The study revealed the extent to which secondary school teachers' welfare is being taken care of and various social benefits provided for school teachers towards enhancing their productivity in schools. A well-structured questionnaire was used, four hypotheses were tested using chi-square and a descriptive statistical tool. The population of this study consists of 120 randomly sampled secondary school teachers as respondents from the three (3) senatorial districts of Ondo State, in which two (2) Local Government Areas are selected from each senatorial district. Four (4) schools are selected from each Local Government Area, making twenty-four (24) schools in all. Results showed a significant relationship between teachers' welfare administration and teachers' performance. There is a significant difference between the performance of well-remunerated teachers and those that are poorly remunerated. Also, there is no significant difference between the teachers' gender and their welfare administration service perception in enhancing their performance. There is a significant difference between teachers' welfare administration during the recession period and teachers' welfare administration outside the recession period. The paper recommends that there should be government reserves to take care of teachers' needs in case of a future recession, among others.