CAREER PLATEAU AND TEACHER PRODUCTIVITY IN RIVERS STATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS

IHUA–JONATHAN NWOVUHOMA; MALIK; ACHAMA COMFORT

Volume : VI, Issue : III, March - 2016

CAREER PLATEAU AND TEACHER PRODUCTIVITY IN RIVERS STATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Ihua Jonathan Nwovuhoma, Malik, Achama Comfort

Abstract :

The study was designed to identify the causes and influence of career plateau on teachers in Rivers State secondary schools. The population was 8480 teachers from 257 government secondary schools in Rivers State, a sample of 1698 representing 20% of the total population was drawn using proportionate stratified random sampling technique. The research design was descriptive survey and a self–structured questionnaire titled ‘Managing Career Plateau for Quality Administration" (MCPQA) was used as the instrument for data collection. Cronbach Alpha was used to establish the reliability of the instrument at 0.84. Data collected were analyzed descriptively using mean and rank order for the research questions and z– test for the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that career plateau could be caused by lack of skills and ability, change in technology, stress and burnout, lack of motivation and incentives. We recommended among others that different types of reward system, sensitization programs, honest feedback, training, mentoring programs be provided to enhance effective performance of teachers in Rivers State secondary schools.