HEADTEACHERS’ ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES AND TEACHER JOB PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS AT AGONA SWEDRU, GHANA

Albert Dzidzor Amenu,Kweku Esia-Donkoh,Afia Asantewa Osei

doi:10.46827/ejes.v8i12.4094

Abstract

The study investigated the relationship between headteachers’ administrative duties and teacher job performance in public Junior High Schools at Agona Swedru in the Agona West Municipality of the Central Region of Ghana. This study adopted the quantitative correlational research design. Teachers in all public Junior High Schools at Agona Swedru in the Central Region of Ghana, formed the target population, while the accessible population covered all teachers in public Junior High Schools at Agona Swedru who had spent at least a year in their respective schools. Simple random sampling technique was used to obtain 70 teachers whose responses to items in closed-ended questionnaire were used for the analysis for this study. One significant finding was that the headteachers performed all the administrative duties outlined in the study even though they predominantly performed the duty of school-community relationship. Generally, the performance of the teachers was very good with discipline and punctuality recording the highest mean. Again, a strong positive and significant relationship between administrative duties of headteachers and teacher job performance was established. Among the recommendations is that the Education Directorate in the Agona West Municipality should organise in-service training for headteachers of public Junior High Schools at Agona Swedru to enable them to improve on their administrative duties to influence teacher job performance. Article visualizations:<img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0973/a.php" alt="Hit counter" />

Highlights

Education, which is a human right of every individual of school-going age, is widely acknowledged as the cornerstone of the progress of nations (Appiah & Esia-Donkoh, 2018; Onyesum & Ashibogwu, 2013)
The study has produced proof to validate that administrative duties of headteachers of public junior high schools at Agona Swedru relate to teachers' job performance
This implies that if these administrative duties are performed effectively by the headteachers, the teachers' job performance would be enhanced. It is essential for headteachers of public junior high schools at Agona Swedru to ensure that their administrative duties are effectively undertaken to improve the level of the job performance of their teachers

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Introduction

Education, which is a human right of every individual of school-going age, is widely acknowledged as the cornerstone of the progress of nations (Appiah & Esia-Donkoh, 2018; Onyesum & Ashibogwu, 2013). The government of Ghana has committed itself to some international protocols to provide basic education for all Ghanaian children Some of these protocols are Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The implementation of these protocols, no doubt, has resulted in increased access and participation, especially at the primary and junior high school levels of Ghana’s education system. In Ghana, such leaders are called headteachers and are mandated to see to the effective administration of their various schools (Baffour-Awuah, 2011; Gregory, 2010) This implies that the role of the headteacher in the practical education delivery at the primary and junior high school levels is crucial and significant. It could be inferred from this assertion that headteachers are responsible for all administrative activities of schools, and more significantly, to ensure that teachers are effective in performing their tasks and offer quality basic education to the learners

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