Influence of Teachers’ Qualifications and Years of Teaching Experience on Job Performance among Secondary School Teachers

Abstract

The study is aimed at determining the relationship between educational qualification, year of experience and job performance in secondary school in Maiduguri metropolitan council Borno state. Descriptive survey design was adopted in this study because it enables the researchers to investigates differences and relationships between variables. The study further disclosed that teacher with higher educational qualification perform better in discharge of their duty. Though some with lower qualification also perform well as the result of their years of experience in the job. The study concludes that, teachers’ qualification and years of teaching experience both significantly influences teacher’s job performance. Teachers should be encouraged to further their education, attend seminars and workshops to gain more knowledge and skills so as to improve their job performance.