In-Service Training On Job Performances of Business Teachers in Secondary Schools in Ikere Local Government Area, Ekiti State

The study was on in-service training on job performance of business teachers in Secondary schools in Ikere Local Government area in Ekiti state. Four research questions were raised and one hypothesis was formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted survey research design. The population of the study comprised 70 business subject teachers in all the Secondary School in the area of study. All the business teachers were used since the population was manageable. The instrument used was a questionnaire titled in-service training on job performance of business teachers in Secondary Schools Questionnaire (ITJPBSQ). The instrument was given to experts in Business Education for content and face validity. The internal consistency of the instrument was ascertained using Cronbach alpha with a Coefficient value of 0.74. Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation were used to answer all the research questions. The null hypothesis was tested using t-test statistics at 0.05 level of significance The findings revealed that coaching, mentoring, job rotation and job shadowing influence business teachers’ job performance with high extent. It was therefore recommended that School authorities should adopt mentoring strategies that can expose teachers to necessary work ethics and rudiments that could enhance their job performance, Schools authorities should promote job rotation programmes in order to update and complement business teachers’ knowledge, skills and competencies, among others. Keywords: In-service training, Job Performance, Business Teachers,