Teachers’ Compensation as a Determinant of Public Secondary Schools’ Effectiveness in Kwara State

Compensation occupies a crucial position in the management of the employees in any organization. Any organization with no attractive compensation system for its employees might not achieve effective operation. Hence, this study examined teachers’ compensation as a determinant of school effectiveness in public secondary schools in Kwara State. The study adopted a descriptive research design of correlational type. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 315 respondents comprised 37 and 278 principals and teachers respectively for the study. Two (2) validated Research instrument were used in the study: Teachers’ Compensation Questionnaire (TCQ) and School Effectiveness Questionnaire (SEQ). Reliability coefficients of 0.79 and 0.75 were generated for TCQ and SEQ respectively using Cronbach’s Alpha method. Descriptive statistics of Mean, Standard Deviation, Minimum, Maximum and Range were used to answer the research questions 1 and 2, while Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Statistic was used to test the sole hypothesis. The findings of the study revealed that teachers in public secondary schools in Kwara State were provided with fairly satisfied compensation in their teaching job. The study also revealed that school effectiveness in public secondary schools in Kwara State is in need of improvement. In addition, the study revealed significant positive relationship between teachers’ compensation and school effectiveness in Kwara State Public Secondary Schools, that is, for a school to achieve effectiveness, adequate compensation is highly needed. The study recommended among others that government should ensure adequate compensation for the teachers, encouraging salary and timely promotion to enhance school effectiveness.