Post COVID-19 Teachers’ Professional Development Needs for Effective Service Delivery in Secondary Schools in Rivers State

Eunice Adebimpe Adegboyega; George Anyachie; Chinaemerem Obiomma Ebereonwu,; Hope Nwanne Ogbuwa

Post COVID-19 Teachers’ Professional Development Needs for Effective Service Delivery in Secondary Schools in Rivers State

Eunice Adebimpe Adegboyega, George Anyachie, Chinaemerem Obiomma Ebereonwu,, Hope Nwanne Ogbuwa

Abstract

The paper investigated the post COVID-19 teachers’ professional development needs for effective service delivery in secondary schools in Rivers State. Three research questions were answered and three hypotheses tested in the study. Design used for the study was descriptive survey and the population of the study was all the 10, 565 senior secondary school teachers (public and private) in Rivers State while 385 teachers (171 males and 214 females) were sampled for the study using stratified random sampling technique. Instrument used for collecting data was a 15-item questionnaire titled “Teachers Professional Development Needs for Effective Service Delivery Questionnaire” (TPDNESDQ). The instrument was face and content validated by two Educational Management lecturers in the University of Port Harcourt. Cronbach alpha was used to estimate the reliability of the questionnaire with an index of 0.88. The questionnaire was administered by the researcher with the help of five Research Assistants. Research questions raised were answered using mean and standard deviation while the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using z-test. The result of the study showed that the major professional development need of teachers was how to use digital technologies in the post COVID-19 era while the challenges faced in this process was majorly a lack of commitment to teachers training by the government. The result of the study showed that addressing this situation will require improved financial allocation for training by the government. The study concluded that no difference existed in the professional development needs of male and female teachers especially in the use of technologies and adaptation to new curriculum. The study recommended the need or teachers’ professional needs assessment so that the right training programmes can be provided for teachers in the post COVID-19 era for effective service delivery.

Keywords

COVID-19; Teachers’ Professional Development; Effective Service Delivery; Secondary Schools

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