ASSESSMENT OF TEACHERS’ COMPLIANCE TO TEACHERS’ REGISTRATION COUNCIL OF NIGERIA CODE OF CONDUCT ON DUTIES TO EMPLOYER AND SOCIETY IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE.

Prof. Nkechi Ikediugwu & Agbaizu, Ifeoma Fidelia
Department of Educational Management and Policy
Faculty of Education,
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka

Abstract

The study assessed teachers’ compliance to Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria code of conduct on duties to employer and society in public secondary schools in Anambra State. The study was guided by two research questions and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 6,659 respondents made up of 263 principals and 6,396 teachers in all the public secondary schools in Anambra State. Multi-stage sampling procedure was utilized to draw a sample size of 691 respondents made up of 51 principals and 640 teachers. A researcher-developed questionnaire titled ‘‘Teachers Compliance to TRCN Professional Code of Conduct on Duties to Employer and Society Questionnaire (TCTPCCDESQ)’’ was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by three experts; who are lecturers, two in the Department of Educational Management and Policy and one specialist in Measurement and Evaluation in Department of Educational Foundations, all in the Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University. Cronbach alpha was used for test of internal consistency of TCTPCCDESQ and the reliability indices obtained for the two clusters were 0.78, and 0.76 respectively, and the overall coefficient value of 0.77 which are considered the instrument to be reliable for the study. The researcher together with five research assistants collected data for the study using direct administration method and 95% return rate was recorded. Mean and standard deviation scores were used to answer the research questions, while t-test was used to test the hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed among others that teachers do not comply to TRCN code of conduct with respect to their duties to employer in public secondary schools in Anambra State. It was also found out that teachers comply to TRCN code of conduct with respect to their duties to society in public secondary schools in Anambra State. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria in conjunction with relevant authorities should design a programme on teachers’ professional code of code which lay more emphasizes on teachers duties to employers as compulsory course for all students in Faculty of Education in tertiary institutions.

Key words: Assessment, Teachers, Compliance, Code of Conduct, Duties, Employer, Society