Workload As Correlate Of Teachers’ Job Effectiveness In Public Primary Schools In Ikom Education Zone of Cross River State, Nigeria

The purpose of this study was to investigate workload as correlate of teachers’ job effectiveness in public primary schools in Ikom Education Zone of Cross Rive State, Nigeria. To achieve the purpose of the study six hypotheses were formulated to guide it. Correlational research design was adopted for the study. This design was considered appropriate because it allows the researcher to describe the strength and direction of a relationship between variables. A total of four hundred and thirty-six (268) respondents’ was used for the study. The questionnaire was the instrument for data collection. The reliability estimate of the instruments was established through cronbach Alpha reliability method. The reliability coefficient ranges from 0.75 to 0.89 which was high enough. Regression analysis, One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Independent t-test analysis were the statistical technique employed to test the hypotheses under study. Each hypothesis was tested at .05 level of significance. The result of the analysis revealed that, class size of students and administrative significantly predict teachers’ job effectiveness in public primary schools in Ikom Education Zone. Based on the findings, it was recommended that among others that government should build more classrooms and employ more qualified teaches so as to reduce students’ class population and reduce teachers’ work load. In this way, teachers’ work quality will be enhanced. Ministry of Education to reconsider pupil-teacher ratio and relook into the staffing pattern in primary schools. Primary school teachers need to specialize in a maximum of two subjects to enhance effective classroom teaching. School administrators should delegate noninstructional duties to non-teaching staff to improve teachers' instructional effectiveness.