Impact of School Facilities and Maintenance on Science Teachers' Job Performance in Senior Secondary Schools in Gwagwalada Area Council Abuja.

Abstract

The study investigated the impact of school facilities and maintenance on science teachers ‘job performance among senior secondary school in Gwagwalada area council of Abuja. The population of the study consisted of all 133 Science teachers teaching Biology, Physic and Chemistry in Gwagwalada Area Council in FCT Abuja. A sample of 93 science teachers were selected using purposive sampling technique considering school location, time and accessibility factors. Questionnaire on the impact of school facilities and maintenance on science teachers job performance (QUESFOSTEJOP) was used for the purpose of data collection. The instrument was validated by experts in science education and education supervisor in Ggwagwalada Area Council whose inputs were used to adjust the items in the questionnaire. A reliability coefficient of .079 was obtained using Cronbach alpha (KR-20). Two research question and one null hypothesis, were answered in the study. The result indicated that there is a weak positive correlation between safety and security and school environment and job performance (rho+ 0.270, p>0.05) of science teachers. It was thus recommended the area council should provide security and the enabling environment for science teachers to be effective in the discharge of their responsibility.