Teacher’s Competency, Professional Commitment and Working Conditions as Correlate to Job Satisfaction in Public Secondary Schools in Onueke Education Zone of Ebonyi State Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined teachers’ competency, professional commitment and working Condition as correlate to Job Satisfaction in public secondary school in Ouueke Education Zone of Ebonyi state Nigeria. Three research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. Correlational survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised all the 65 public secondary schools in Onueke Education Zone of Ebonyi State. There are 65 principals and 1,378 teachers totaling 1,443 teaching personnel from which 287 were selected using simple random sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was researchers- structured and experts validated questionnaire titled Teachers’ Competency, Professional Commitment, Working Condition and Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (TCPCWCJSQ). The reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach Alpha and it yielded overall reliability coefficient alpha index of 0.84 which is considered suitable for the study. The copies of the questionnaire were administered directly and collected by the researchers and three research assistants. to ensure high rate of return of the instrument administered.  Research questions were analysed using linear model regression while the hypotheses were tested using t-test of significant of at 0.05 alpha level. The results showed strong significant relationship between teachers’ competency, commitment, working condition and job satisfaction among Public Secondary Schools teachers in Onueke Education Zone of Ebonyi State. The study concluded that teacher’s competence, professional commitment and teachers working condition are very important factors to their job satisfaction. Based on the findings, the study recommended that government through the appropriate agencies and stakeholders in the Secondary Education system should ensure that teachers with prerequisite competence are engaged, teachers are committed to their duties and favourable working conditions provided for teachers to enhance their job satisfaction.