INFLUENCE OF COVID -19 PANDEMIC ON TEACHERS’ JOB SATISFACTION, COMMITMENT AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC BASIC SCHOOL MATHEMATICS PUPILS

Godson Chinedum Iwuagwu, Agatha Chinyere Nzeribe (PhD), Felicitas Onyemazuwa Iwuagwu, Felicia Onyekpauwanaka Akuta (PhD), Fidelia Obioma Akaeze

Abstract


The general purpose of this study was to determine the influence of COVID -19 on Basic mathematics teachers’ job satisfaction, job commitment and academic performance of basic school pupils in mathematics in North Central, Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. Five questions were posed to guide the study. The study was carried out using public basic school in North Central, Nigeria. The population of the study included all the Public basic school mathematics teachers in North Central, Nigeria. A sample size of 855 public basic school mathematics teachers was drawn for the study using a multi-stage random sampling technique. Two instruments were used for data collection: Teachers’ Job satisfaction and commitment Scale (TJSCS); and Pupils’ Academic Achievement Proforma (PAAP). The overall Reliability Coefficient of internal consistency of the TJSCS was estimated at 0.89. Data collected were analyzed using simple percentage and simple mean. The findings of the study revealed that teachers’ job satisfaction, and job commitment were low; and that the academic performance of basic school pupils in mathematics was also low as indicated by percentage class average of the sampled primary schools. It was recommended that stake holder in education should device proactive measures to boost the teachers’ job satisfaction and commitment in the era of COVID- 19 pandemic. Also take some drastic measures to correct the negative impacts of COVID- 19 pandemic on teaching and learning of mathematics in basic schools. 

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Teachers’ Job satisfaction, Commitment, Covid-19, Academic performance, Mathematics

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