ABSTRACT

Abstract

The roles of teacher in a school setting is enormous and requires commitment only if the school goals would be achieved. This paper examined the commitment of secondary school teachers in Kwara State, Nigeria. Five objectives were stated which include teachers’ commitment in the area of class attendance, lesson note preparation, students’ extracurricular activities, students discipline and students’ assessment. Population of the study comprised the entire 334 secondary school principals across the state while purposing sampling technique was used to select all the principals as respondents. Five research questions were raised and questionnaire was used to collect data while the data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics of percentage. The findings revealed that teachers’ commitment in class attendance and preparation of lesson were always good while their commitment in extracurricular activities, students discipline and students’ assessment were found to be moderately good. It was therefore recommended that teachers should sustain the tempo in the class attendance so as to guarantee the attainment of educational goals among others.

Keywords: Schools, Teachers, Commitment.