Influence of Monthly Income on Secondary School Teachers Effectiveness and Attitude to Work in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State-Nigeria
*1Augustine Sambo Azi and 2Vayin Nuhu Jori
*1Department of Social Science Education, Faculty of Education, University of Jos. Email: aziaustin@yahoo.com
2Department of Business Education, Kaduna State College of Education, Gidan Waya, Kaduna State. Email: vayinjori5@gmail.com
Abstract
This study examined the influence of monthly income on secondary school Teachers’ effectiveness and attitude to work in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. 257 Teachers were randomly sampled from a population of 326 Teachers through a stratified random sampling technique. One questionnaire titled Teachers Questionnaire (TQ) was designed with a Likert scale for the study to obtain data. The teachers’ instrument had a reliability coefficient of 0.804 using the Cronbach alpha reliability test which implies 80.4 percent reliability. The findings of the study revealed among others that teachers’ effectiveness and attitude to their work were influenced by regular payment of their monthly income. This implied that inconsistent payment of teachers’ monthly income affects them negatively thus, leading to a fall in the quality of education. The study therefore, recommended among others that the Nigerian Government should increase its budgetary allocation to the education sector so that the monthly income of teachers will be paid promptly which will increase their effectiveness and enhance their attitude to work.
Keywords
Attitude to Work, Effectiveness, Monthly Income
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