TEACHERS’ COMPENSATION AS A CORRELATE OF JOB PERFORMANCE IN ILORIN WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT BASIC SCHOOLS, KWARA STATE

Sulyman Kamaldeen Olohundare, Lawal Abdulmumin Abubakar, AJADI Tunde Abdulkadir and Aloba Fatimah Musa

Abstract

It is believed that compensation is a very significant tool for enhancing teachers’ job performance. Hence, this study examined teachers’ compensation as a correlate of job performance in Ilorin West Local Government Basic Schools, Kwara State. The study adopted a descriptive research design of correlation type. Multi-stage sampling technique was used for the study. Random sampling technique was used to sample 22 (33.3%) out of the 64 primary schools in Ilorin West Local Government, Kwara State. Proportional sampling technique was used to select 351 out of the 2,882 teachers in these schools using Krejcie and Morgan (1970) table for sample size determination. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 22 head teachers and 44 assistant head teachers to assess teachers’ job performance. Two researcher-designed questionnaires with reliability coefficients of 0.71 and 0.83 were used to collect data. Pearson product-moment correlation statistics was used to test the hypotheses generated. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between teachers’ compensation and job performance in Ilorin West Local Government Basic Schools, Kwara State (r-value = .469, p<.05). The study concluded that, adequate provision of compensation would assist in achieving effective teachers’ job performance in Ilorin West Local government Basic Schools, Kwara State. Based on the findings and conclusion of the study, it was recommended that there is need for Kwara State Government to ensure adequate and timely provision of compensation to basic school teachers, to make them exhibit good attitudes which would lead to performing their job effectively.