TEACHER COMPETENCE AND INTERNAL EFFICIENCY OF PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN OSOGBO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OSUN STATE

Abstract

This paper examined the influence of teacher competence on internal efficiency of public primary schools in Osogbo Local Government Area of Osun State. The purpose of this study was to find out the level at which public primary schools in Osogbo Local Government Area of Osun State are efficient internally. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study and the population of the study is all the thirty two (32) public Primary Schools in Osogbo Local Government Area of Osun State. Seventeen (17) schools were sampled out of the total population; purposive sampling techniques was used to select three hundred and forty (340) pupils in primary five (5) and six (6) in the sampled schools. A well-structured questionnaire was administered to pupils in the schools. The data collected were analysed using Frequency Counts, Percentages and Pearson Product Moment Correlation at 0.05 level of significance. The result showed that the wastage ratio was 1.34 for the cohort 2007 to 2012 public primary schools in Osogbo Local Government; and that teacher competence has greater influence on internal efficiency (r =.000; p<0.05). Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended that a dominant set of values and emphasis must be placed on teacher training and retraining; seminars, workshops, in-service trainings and conferences should be organized for the teachers in order to acquaint them with the modern methods of teaching and hence, improve their competencies.