TEACHERS PERCEPTION OF THE CONDITION OF SERVICE OF TEACHING PROFESSION IN NIGERIA

Student: Rabi'a Balarabe Salisu
Supervisor: Dr Saheed Olanrewaju Jabaar
HOD: Dr Rabiu Garba Idris
Department of Education and Economics
Art and Humanities
Northwest University, Kano, Kano State

Abstract

ABSTRACT This study is carried out to investigate the teacher’s perception of the condition of service of teaching profession in Nigeria. Two objectives and two research questions where formulated for the study. The study adopted descriptive statistic survey design. The populations of the study were randomly selected. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics’’ percentages were used to determine the degree of the respondent agreement /disagreement on each item in the questionnaire. The finding revealed that many to teacher’s condition in Nigeria is very poor, finding also shows that teachers perception on feature of teaching profession is not attractive. The study concluded that teacher’s condition of service and teacher’s perception in kano state is very poor, based on the finding and data collected from teachers it was concluded that future of teaching profession is negative. The study also recommended that: salary of teachers should be paid promptly to enable them concentrate on their job for effective delivery, it also recommending that government and school should motivate teachers by surprise packages such as soft loans, free medical care, and free accommodation.

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