DEMOGRAPHIC OF SOCIAL MOBILITY AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study focused on the demographic of social mobility among secondary school teachers in Rivers State. Two research questions and two corresponding null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The population of the study comprised all the 10,998 teachers in the 247 public secondary schools in the state. A sample of 450 teachers were drawn through multi-stage sampling procedure. An instrument titled “Teachers’ Social Mobility Scale TSMS” was used for data collection. Face and content validity of the instrument were determined. The reliability of TSMS was determined, using Cronbach Alpha reliability method and the reliability coefficient obtained was 0.72. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions, while z-test was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 Alpha level of significance. It was found that there was no significant difference between the mean scores of social mobility of male and female teachers based on teachers’ promotion, mobility of teachers in urban and rural areas, based on nature of accommodation. It was recommended, among others, that Government should always ensure that teachers’ social mobility is determined by the rules and regulations guiding teacher’s profession.