An Assessment of the Impact of the Teachers’ Professional Development Programme under Lagos “Eko” Secondary Education Project in Lagos State

Abstract

This study was designed to assess the impact of the Teachers’ Professional Development Programme (TPDP) under Lagos “Eko” Secondary Education Project in Lagos State. Survey research design was adopted for this study. Simple random sampling was used in selecting 240 teachers from six secondary schools in Education District IV. The instrument used for data collection was the “Eko” Project Teachers’ Professional Development Programme Questionnaire (EPTPDP). The reliability co-efficient of the instrument was 0.82. Five research questions and four research hypotheses were raised and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The data collected was analysed using simple percentage, independent t- test and ANOVA. The result showed that teachers’ in Lagos state public secondary schools benefitted from the various Professional programmes they were exposed to Under the Lagos “Eko” secondary education project (LESEP). Further more the result showed that age, gender, educational qualification and years of teaching experience had no significant influence on the benefits derived by teachers’ from the Professional Development Programmes. The researcher recommends that there should be continuous exposure of teachers’ in Lagos State public schools to Professional Development Programme, as this will equip them with Knowledge, skills, strategies and methodology necessary in the teaching- learning process. This may lead to continuous improvement in the academic performance of students in Public Secondary School in Lagos State.

Key words: Professional status, Professional Development, Training programmes, “Eko” project, Secondary School, Education.