TEAMWORK MANAGEMENT AND TEACHERS’ PRODUCTIVITY IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ONDO CENTRAL SENATORIAL DISTRICT OF ONDO STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

Teachers’ productivity seems to be dwindling in Nigerian public secondary schools as the perceived inadequacies in the autonomous subject teaching strategy appears to inhibit teachers’ involvement in teamwork. This study therefore examined teamwork management strategies and teachers’ productivity in secondary schools in Ondo Central Senatorial District of Ondo State, Nigeria. The sampled comprised 33 principals and 660 teachers selected from 33 public secondary schools using multi-stage and random sampling techniques. Teamwork Management Questionnaire (TMQ) and Teachers’ Productivity Questionnaire (TPQ) were used to collect data. Three research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. Research questions were answered using percentage and mean while the hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) at alpha level of 0.05. Results revealed a moderate mean of 2.33 on teamwork management; also a moderate mean of 2.19 was obtained on teachers’ productivity. Teamwork management strategy has significant relationship with teachers’ productivity (r = 0.717, p< 0.05), also, there was a significant relationship between teamwork management strategy and students’ academic performance (r = 0.692, p< 0.05). It was concluded that teamwork management enhance teachers’ productivity; however, shortage of qualified teachers inhibit team grouping by specialization. Based on the findings, it was recommended that the Government through the Teaching Service Commission should employ adequate number of teachers while the Ministry of Education organizes seminars/workshops to strengthen principals’ and teachers’ capacities in teamwork to improve productivity in secondary schools.