FACTORS INHIBITING TEACHERS’ EFFICIENCY FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE IN INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE

This study investigated factors inhibiting teachers’ efficiency for quality assurance in instructional delivery in public secondary schools in Anambra State. The objective of this study was to determine the extent to which such factors as teachers’ work environment as regards to their excessive workload, access to instructional materials, low teachers’ motivation, teachers’ personal characteristics and teachers’ inconsistency to attend to professional development and training opportunities inhibited teachers’ efficiency for quality assurance in instructional delivery in public secondary schools in Anambra State. Four research questions guided the study. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. Population of the study constituted 5,976 teachers from the 258 public secondary schools in the 6 education zones in Anambra State. Sample size of the study comprised 299 teachers selected out of the entire teachers’ population at 5% (percent) using stratified random sampling technique. A 28-item questionnaire titled “Factors Inhibiting Teachers’ Efficiency for Quality Assurance in Instructional Delivery Questionnaire (FITEQAIDQ)” developed by the researchers was the main instrument for data collection. This research instrument was validated by three experts in the Department of Educational Management and Policy, and Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State. A pilot-test was conducted on a sample of 25 teachers selected from five public secondary schools in Enugu State, which was not part of the study. The scores obtained were computed using Cronbach Alpha method which gave internal consistency reliability value of 0.66, 0.73, 0.62 and 0.88 for each of the four clusters, which was equally summed up to yield an overall reliability value of 0.72 showing that the questionnaire was reliable for conducting the study. Data collated were analyzed using mean scores and standard deviation. The findings of the study revealed the extent to which such factors as teachers’ work environment, low teachers’ motivation, teachers’ personal characteristics and teachers’ inconsistency to attend to professional development and training opportunities inhibited teachers’ efficiency for quality assurance in instructional delivery in public secondary schools in Anambra State were all to a high extent. From the findings of this study, recommendations were proffered and among them include that the principals in collaboration with the Anambra State Post Primary Schools Service Commission (PPSSC) should make the work environment conducive for teachers’ in order to highly improve their efficiency for quality assurance in instructional delivery by providing adequate varieties of teaching resources and instructional materials, development of school infrastructures, allowing effective leadership collaborations and supporting teachers’ work, avoiding excessive teaching workloads for the teachers; maintaining appropriate small class-sizes and likewise promoting cordial relationships between teachers and parents and collaborations or team work among teachers including with other colleagues.