Impact of Staff Training on Teachers’ Job Performance in Primary Schools in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State

Abstract

The study investigated the impact of staff training on teachers’ job performance in primary schools in
Makurdi local government area of Benue State. Three research questions were raised and answered and
three hypotheses were formulated and tested. Survey research design was adopted for this study. A sample
of 200 respondents comprising teachers from twenty primary schools was selected using random sampling
technique to respond to the questionnaire. A structured questionnaire titled “Impact of Teachers Training
on Job Performance Questionnaire (ITTJPQ)” was used for data collection. The data collected were
analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer research questions while chi-square was used to
test the hypotheses at 0.5 level of significance. From the data analysis, the following findings were obtained;
There is a significant impact of teachers’ training on academic performance of pupils in in public primary
schools in Makurdi local government area. There is a significant impact of teachers’ training on instructional
delivery in the classroom in public primary schools in Makurdi local government area. There is a significant
impact of teachers’ training on implementation of curriculum in public primary schools in Makurdi local
government area. Based on the findings it is concluded that teachers training has significant impact on
teachers’ job performance in terms of students’ academic performance, classroom instructional delivery
and curriculum implementation in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State. It was recommended
that Benue State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) should regularly organized training workshops
for primary school teachers.