Economic Instability as a Determinant of Senior Secondary School Teachers’ Productivity in Ilorin, Kwara State

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page                                                                                      i

Certification                                                                                  ii

Dedication                                                                                     iii

Acknowledgements                                                                       iv

Table of contents                                                                           vi

Abstract                                                                                         viii

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1           Background to the Study                                                     1     

1.2           Statement of the Problem                                                    9

1.3           Research Questions                                                             12

1.4           Research Hypotheses                                                           12

1.5           Purpose of the Study                                                           13

1.6           Significance of the Study                                                     13

1.7           Scope and Limitations of the Study                                     15

1.8           Operational Definition of Terms                                          15

CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1     Scope and Nature of Economic Education                           17

2.2     Teaching and Importance of Teacher                                   18

2.3     Concept of Economic Instability                                          21

2.3.1  Causes of Economic Instability                                            22

2.3.2  Effects of Economic Instability on Senior Secondary Schools Teachers Productivity                                                          24

2.3.3  Evaluation of Teachers’ productivity in recent time            26

2.4     Empirical Studies                                                                32   

2.5     Appraisal of Literature Reviewed                                        35

CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1     Research Design                                                                  37

3.2     Population Sample and Sampling Techniques                     38

3.3     Research Instrument(s)                                                        39

3.4     Validity and Reliability of the Instrument(s)                       39   

3.5     Procedures for Data Collection                                           40   

3.6     Methods of Data Analysis                                                   41

CHAPTER FOUR:        DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND DATA DISCUSSION

4.1      Descriptive Analysis of the Socio-Demographic Data of the Teachers        42

4.2     Research Question                                                               45

4.3     Discussion of Findings                                                        51   

CHAPTER FIVE:          SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

5.1     Summary                                                                             53

5.2     Conclusion                                                                          54

5.3     Recommendations                                                               55

          REFERENCES                                                                     57

          APPENDIX                                                                          60

ABSTRACT

This project work investigated the economic instability as a determinant of senior of secondary school teachers’ productivity in Ilorin, Kwara State. The total of two hundred (200) respondents were randomly selected. A structure questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents. The frequency and percentage was used to analyse the socio-demographic data of the teachers and t-test as well as analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test the hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed that economic instability has led to fluctuation in the macro economic variables whereby the majority of senior secondary school teachers had negative impact on their productivity. It also revealed that there is significant difference in influence of economic instability on male and female teachers’ productivity because male teachers felt the impact on their productivity than their female counterparts in terms of provision of all the essential needs for the family. All these and many more deprived most teachers of having enough time to prepare for class teaching.