Welfare Services Provision as Administrative Strategy for Enhancing Secondary School Teachers' Productivity in Calabar Education Zone of Cross River, Nigeria

Abstract

The paper examined welfare services provision as administrative strategy for enhancing secondary school teachers’ productivity in Calabar education zone of cross river, Nigeria. The study aimed to ascertain the relationship between provision of welfare services and teachers’ productivity. Three null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The correlational research design was adopted. The study population is 2,746, comprising all 2700 teachers and 46 principals in 46 public secondary schools in Calabar Education Zone. Multistage sampling procedure was used to select 540 study sample from the population of teachers and principals in the education zone. An instrument titled welfare services provision and teachers productivity questionnaire (WSPTPQ) was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by two experts in Educational Measurement and evaluation, faculty of educational foundations, University of Calabar. The reliability of the instrument was established using Cronbach Alpha Analysis. The reliability coefficient value yielded 0.85 which was considered adequate for the study. The data collected were analyzed using Pearson product moment correlation statistics. Results of the analysis revealed that there is significant positive relationship between provision of housing facilities, payment of allowances, provision of medical services and teachers’ productivity. The study concluded that the productivity of secondary school teachers in will be greatly enhanced if welfare services are adequately provided for teachers. It was therefore recommended that housing facilities and medical services should be provided for teachers. It was also recommended that government should endeavor to be paying teachers allowances as and when due.