Project Material on; Personnel management strategies as correlates of teacher's productivity in secondary schools in Ayede Local Government Area of Ogun State Nigeria

Project Material on; Personnel management strategies as correlates of teacher's productivity in secondary schools in Ayede Local Government Area of Ogun State Nigeria

.1 Introduction

Education is globally accepted as a vital tool for human development. It is equally an indispensable tool for enhancing economic growth and national development. Education is seen as a cornerstone of every development, forming the basis for literacy, skill acquisition, technological advancement as well as the ability to harness the natural resources of nation. Education is the process of facilitating learning or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, value, belief and habits. Education is a means by which the society ensures it stability. It is through the education system that young members of the society. Through education, individuals acquire usable and socially acceptable vocational skills with which one can be productive, which ensures individual and group survival. Importance of education tells us the value of education in our life. Education means a lot in everyone’s life as it facilitates our learning, knowledge and skill. It completely changes our mind and personality and helps us to attain the positive attitudes. The importance of education is described above justifies the recognition given to it by the Federal Government of Nigeria as stated in the National Policy of education that “the Federal Government of Nigeria has adopted education as an instrument par excellence for affecting national growth and development (Biodun, 2018). We must give importance to the education than other targets in life as it is the only source of real happiness in our life.

The development of any nation depends, to a very large extent, on the caliber, organization and motivation of its resources. In the specific cases of Nigeria, where diversity exerts tremendous influence on polities and administration, the capacity to increase the benefits and reduce the costs of this diversity constitutes a human resources management challenge of epic proportion in its public sector organizations (Adamolekun, 2021).

Human resource development is the framework for helping employees to develop their personal skills. Human resources development is the function within an organization that focuses on recruitment of, management of, and providing direction for the people who work in the organization.

According to Armstrong and Baron (2019), human resources development is the organizational function that deals with issues related to people such as compensation, hiring, management performance, organization development, safety, wellness, benefits, employee motivation, communication, training and administration. Human resources development is also a strategic and comprehensive approach to managing people and the workplace culture and environment human resources development is essential for any organization that would like to be dynamic and growth-oriented. Unlike other resources, human resources have rather unlimited potential capabilities, which aim at creating such climate that can continuously identify, bring to surface, nurture and use the capabilities of people.

Research finding of Korman (2019) have shown that the productivity of a school teacher is determined by three major factors which include the ability of a school teacher, the wiliness to work, and situational factors. The public secondary schools are responsible for providing the public with essential services by the government. The public sectors is referred to as the government sectors, whether the Federal, State or Local Government. Public sectors organization are which emerged as a result of government acting in the capacity of an entrepreneur particularly in school system (Obikeze and Authony, 2021) in this respect, this study investigated human resources development and teachers productivity in Ayede Local Government Area of Secondary School, Ogun State.

1.2 Statement Of Problem

What really instigated the study was the use the growth rate of lack of management in most of the schools in Ayede LGA; some of the problems identified are, poor supervision of teachers, unavailability of teachers for classes as at when due and poor performance of students as a result of ineffective teaching methods.

Teaching is a critical task that requires extreme attention. Teachers help shape the future of children because they are the future of society. Most nations of the world have therefore invested heavily in early childhood education to help them achieve international educational goals. However, there are growing concerns that the teaching profession in Nigeria is in crisis. Teachers are the engine of the national development agenda, yet the conditions that govern their performance have been largely ignored. Studies have shown that human resource management applied to teachers can determine their level of motivation and improve their performance. However, the impact of human resource management on teacher performance has received little consideration.

While practically every teacher attempts to address his or her personal requirements, he or she also wishes some level of job satisfaction because job performance is affected. The ability of teaching to meet the demands of instructors and boost their productivity is referred to as performance in this context. The researcher intends to go into the matter further by investigating the impact of human resource management on teacher performance in Apapa secondary schools. Teachers must be highly compensated, trained, and developed, according to the study, in order to work at their best and give high-quality services. Furthermore, there is a requirement for performance.

1.3 Objectives of the Study

The main aim of the study is to examine the impact of Personnel Management on teachers’ Job Performance using Ayede Local Government Area of Ogun State. Other specific objectives include: To find out the extent teacher’s personnel management operational framework determines of teachers’ productivity in secondary schools Ogun State

1)      To examine the relationship between personnel management and teachers job performance in secondary schools in Ogun State Nigeria

2)      To investigate on the factors affecting teacher's productivity in most secondary schools in Ayede Local Government Area

3)       Determine if salary issues affects teachers performance

4)       To determine the extent to which training and professional development impact teacher performance in senior secondary schools in Ayede LGA

5)      To determine the significant importance of personnel management strategies on teacher's productivity in secondary schools

 

1.4  Research Questions

1.       Is there relationship between personnel management and teachers job performance in secondary schools in Ogun State Nigeria?

2.      How the investigation on teacher’s productivity would affects teachers’ performance in secondary schools?

3.      In what ways can salary issues affects teacher’s performance?

4.      To what extent can training and professional development positively impact teacher performance in senior secondary schools in Ayede LGA?

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