Abstract
Investigated in this study is the attitude of secondary school teachers towards the teaching profession. Survey design was adopted for the study and three research questions guided the study. The sample of the study comprises of all the 55 secondary school teachers of Senior Secondary 2 (SS2) in urban and rural schools, in Awka South Local Government Area, Anambra State. The instrument for data collection was a 20 item questionnaire developed by the researchers. The data collected was analyzed by computing mean and standard deviation. The findings of the study revealed that the majority of the secondary school teachers possessed positive attitude towards the teaching profession. It was also found that the female secondary school teachers had more positive attitude towards the profession than the male secondary school teachers. Furthermore, the secondary school teachers in urban areas had higher positive attitude than the secondary school teachers in rural areas. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that both the government and teacher organization should see to the training, retraining and motivation of secondary school teachers. If they are well-trained and motivated, they will be more committed and learning will be enhanced.
Highlights
Education is a highly valued social service in every country including Nigeria
As this study investigated the attitude of secondary school teachers towards the teaching profession in Awka south Local Government Area (LGA), Anambra state, the result of the analysis as presented in Table 1 showed that the secondary school teachers in Awka south LGA possess a positive attitude towards the teaching profession irrespective of the challenges and difficulties that comes with teaching; the teachers consider teaching as a noble profession
In consideration to the study findings, the researchers concluded that the secondary school teachers in Awka South LGA possessed a positive attitude towards the teaching profession
Summary
Education is a highly valued social service in every country including Nigeria. Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, morals, beliefs, and habits. It is seen as a key to success in an effort to develop the human and material resources of the country. A right to education has been recognized by some governments and the United Nations. There is even a movement for education reform and in particular for evidence-based education with global initiatives aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 4 (Richardson, 2011)[2]. Richardson was of the view that education is a nation building activity. For the development of a country, emphasis should be placed on education, especially in the early stage of the student - primary and secondary education
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