Strategic Human Resources Management Practices and Public Primary School Teachers’ Job Effectiveness in Calabar Education Zone of Cross River State, Nigeria.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the Influence of Strategic Human Resources Management Practices on Public Primary School Teacher Job effectiveness in Calabar Education Zone of Cross River state, Nigeria. Two hypotheses were posed to guide the study. Ex-post-facto design was adopted for this study. The population of this study was 6,712 teachers in 285 public primary schools in Calabar Education Zone of Cross River State. Sampling was done in multiple stages. The sample for the study was 500 teachers determined with the use of Yamane (1969) sample determination formula. Strategic Human Resource Management Practices and Teachers’ Job Effectiveness Questionnaire (SHRMPTJEQ) wasdeveloped by the researcher and validated by three experts for data collection. To ensure the reliability of the instrument, the questionnaire was administered on 50 teachers in two public primary schools in Ikom Education Zone of Cross River State for trial testing. Cronbach Alpha Reliability Estimate was used to determine the coefficient for the sub-scales which showed that the reliability coefficients .84 to .86 establishing that the instrument was consistent. The instrument was administered by the researcher on the respondents with the aid of seven research assistants. The data generated was analyzed with the use of simple linear and multiple regression analyses at .05 level of significance. The results showed that the P-values (.000) is Significant at .05 level, P < .05this implied that: there is significant relationship between training, promotion and public primary school Teacher job effectiveness. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that the Cross River State Government through the State Universal Basic Education Board should: Provide regular and relevant training opportunities to enhance teachers' subject matter expertise, pedagogical skills, and technological proficiency.