Evaluation of Human Resources Management Challenges in the Administration of Public Senior Secondary Schools in Sokoto Metropolis, Sokoto State, Nigeria: Recruitment/Induction and Teacher Motivation
*1Liman, Tureta Abdulkadir and 2Mustapha Abdulrauf
*1Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education and Extension Services, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria Email: alimantrt@gmail.com
2Faculty Department of Educational Management, Sokoto State University, Sokoto, Nigeria Email: mustapha.abdulrauf79@gmail.com
Abstract
The study investigated the evaluation of human resources management challenges in the administration of public senior secondary schools in Sokoto metropolis, Sokoto State: Recruitment/induction and teacher motivation. Three research objectives and three research questions were formulated to guide the conduct of the study. The designed adopted for the study was descriptive survey while the population of the study was 28 Principals and 1400 Teachers in public senior secondary school in Sokoto Metropolis, Sokoto state, Nigeria. Research advisors (2006) table was used to select 28 Principals and 263 teachers sampled for the study using stratified simple random sampling technique. Instrument used for data gathering was a 25-items questionnaire tagged “Evaluation of Human Resources Management Challenges Questionnaire” (EHRMCQ) was used to collect data using four (4) modified likert rating scales to measure participant’s responses. The questionnaire was faced and content validated by three experts from educational administration and planning, test measurement and evaluation at Usmanu Danfordiyo University. Reliability of the questionnaire was 0.74 using Cronbach alpha statistic. The research questions were answered using descriptive statistic of frequency count, percentage and mean. The result of the study found that recruitment of teachers posted great challenges to principals in secondary schools in Sokoto Metropolis. This implies that recruitment is not done on the basis of merit and the principals are not involved in the recruitment process. School principals faced a lot of challenges on teacher motivation such as lack of incentives, accommodation, rewards and welfare package etc. The study recommended that, Government should direct its recent policy on state of emergency on education to management of human resources. This could be done through Educational Authorities, Ministries and Boards by monitoring and implanting policies that would enhance efficiency in the recruitment of teacher base on merit and involve principals in the recruitment process. Principals also have a role to play in recognizing teachers who are hard-working by awarding them. This could be done by organizing programmes with presenting certificate of excellent to hardworking teachers to motivate them on the job.
Keywords
Recruitment, Teacher Motivation, Strategies, Administration, Challenges
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