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August 17, 2025

Staff Training and Promotion as Predictors of Teachers’ Effectiveness in Public Senior Secondary Schools in Education District II of Lagos State

Key Points

Teachers’ effectiveness is significantly linked to timely promotion and access to training opportunities, enhancing educational quality.
A sample of 200 public senior secondary school teachers in Lagos State was surveyed using a structured questionnaire validated at 0.82 coefficient.
Analysis involved descriptive statistics for demographic data and Pearson Product Moment Correlation for hypothesis testing.
Findings indicate a lack of training and promotion opportunities for teachers, calling for improved systemic support and professional development initiatives.

Abstract

This paper examined staff training and promotion as predictors of teachers’ effectiveness in public senior secondary schools in Education District II of Lagos State. A descriptive research design was used for the study. The population comprised all the 1,818 public senior secondary school teachers in Education District II, Lagos State. Two hundred teachers were selected as sample through simple random sampling technique from ten schools within Educational District II of Lagos State. Two research questions were formulated to guide the study and two hypotheses were tested. A self-developed structured type ofquestionnaire instrument ‘Staff Training and Promotion as Predictors of Teachers’ Effectiveness Questionnaire (STPPTEQ)’ which was thoroughly scrutinised by the two experts in the field, was used to extract information from the respondents. The instrument was confirmed valid and reliable at 0.82 coefficient. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistical tools of frequency counts and percentage for the demographic data, mean and Standard Deviation for the research questions while inferential statistics of Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) was used to test the hypotheses. The findings showed that teachersare often denied their basic right of promotion and the Education District does not organise seminars and workshops for all cadres of personnel and principals do not give opportunities to teachers to attend in service courses. Based on the findings, the following recommendations were made; promotion should be timely and totally based on merit, teachers should be allowed to attend training programmes for extensive professional development.IntroductionTeachers have a significant influence on the quality of education because teacher performance is directly related to school effectiveness. No educational system can rise above its teachers. Whether self-imposed or institutionally enforced, instructors regularly fulfil or surpass educational objectives, which has a direct impact on student progress. Additionally, in the twenty-first century, successful teaching requires the following attributes: flexibility, teamwork, communication, creativity, leadership, and technical competence. Using a variety of teaching techniques, building deep relationships with students, and maintaining attitudes that improve student learning outcomes are all hallmarks of effective teaching. Teachers that possess these qualities are better able to organise and present interesting lessons,evaluate students' learning, incorporate technology with ease, and run classrooms successfully (Reambonanza & Tan, 2022).

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