Participation in Co-curricular Activities, Communication System and Teachers Job Performance in Secondary Schools in Ekiti State

The study examined the relationship between participation in co-curricular activities, communication system and teachers job performance in secondary schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was adopted in the study. The population of the study comprised all 7,177 teachers and 202 principals in all the 202 public secondary schools in the sixteen local government areas in Ekiti State. The sample for this study was 384 respondents comprising 24 principals and 360 teachers drawn from 24 public secondary schools in Ekiti State. Multi-stage procedure which involved simple random was used to select sample for the study. Two instruments tagged “Participation in Co-curricular activities and Communication system Questionnaire” (PCCQ) and “Teachers Job Performance Questionnaire” (TJPQ) were used to collect data. The instruments were validated and found reliable with reliability coefficients of 0.86 and 0.82 respectively. Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that participation in co-curricular activities and communication system were significantly related to teachers’ job performance. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that Teachers should be involved in taking decisions on which co-curricular activities will positively contribute to their student’s academic success for enhanced teachers job performance. Keywords: Decision-making, Job performance, Co-curricular activities, Communication system,