Position of the Teaching Profession in Nigeria and Its Effects on Potential Business Teachers in the Country

Abstract

The study investigated the stance of teaching profession and its effect on potential business teachers in Nigeria.  The study has six objectives and six null hypotheses.    Descriptive survey design was adopted in the study.  Data were collected from 224 business education student-teachers who did their teaching practice in 2012/2013 academic year in Zaria and Sabon Gari local government in Kaduna state.  Structured questionnaire titled Status of Teaching Profession and Future Teachers in Nigeria (STPFTN) was used to elicit data from the respondents.  Data collected were coded and analyzed through SPSS XII.  Chi-square was used to test all the six null hypotheses at significant level of 0.05.  The result revealed among others that the status f teaching profession has significant effect on the attitudes of potential teachers in Nigeria.  it was recommended among others that government should encourage the atmosphere of positive support for education, providing improved training and professional development, increasing teacher salaries, and installing outstanding facilities, this will help to encourage retained existing teachers and attract future teachers into the profession.

Keywords: Stance, Teaching Profession, Potential Teachers.