Influence of Covid 19 Pandemic on Health Educators’ Job Commitment in Federal and State Owned Colleges of Education in Delta State

Abstract

This study was undertaken to investigate influence of  COVID 19 pandemic on      health educators ’ job commitment  in federal and state owned colleges of education in Delta state . The study employed   descriptive survey design. The population was 77 health educators in the four Federal and State Colleges of Education in Delta State. The researcher sampled the entire 77 teachers because of their fewness.  The instrument for the investigation was titled “Influence of Covid 19 Pandemic on Health educators’ Job Commitment Questionnaire (ICHLJCQ﴿. On the whole, the worth of Pearson Product Moment Correlational Coefficient (r) for COVID 19 pandemic was 0.77.  Out of entire copies of 77 instruments administered, 75 instruments were retrieved.  Male health educators was 53 and female health educators 22. The descriptive data of mean rating and standard deviation were employed to respond to the 5 research questions. Mean rating of 2.50 was assumed as the significant level of receipt as mean rating below 2.50 was discarded. z - test was employed to test the 5 null hypotheses formulated that direct the investigation  at 0.05 levels of significance. Findings showed that influence of COVID 19 pandemic on   health educators’ job commitment in Federal and State owned Colleges of Education in Delta State was high. Influence of utilisation of prevention, college support on the utilisation of prevention against COVID 19 pandemic and health educator’s   job commitment in Federal and State owned Colleges of Education in Delta State was low. The level of awareness of utilisation of preventions against COVID 19 pandemic ,the level of utilisation of preventions against COVID 19 pandemic on   health educators  ’ job commitment  in federal and state owned colleges of education in Delta state was low . There was no significant difference on influence of  COVID 19 pandemic ,  utilisation of prevention against COVID 19 pandemic ,  College support , level of awareness and level of utilisation of preventions against  COVID 19 pandemic on   health educators ’ job commitment  in federal and state owned colleges of education in Delta state. It was concluded in the study that there was no significant difference on influence of COVID 19 pandemic, utilisation of prevention against COVID 19 pandemic, College support the level of awareness of utilisation of preventions against COVID 19 pandemic and level of utilisation of preventions against COVID 19 pandemic on   health educators   ’ job commitment in federal and state owned colleges of education in Delta State. It was as well recommended that commitment should be shown on prevention of COVID 19 pandemic by   health educators in Federal and State owned Colleges of Education in Delta State . Health educators should enhance their commitment to prevention of COVID 19 pandemic to enhance their job commitment in Federal and State owned Colleges of Education in Delta State.  .

Keywords: Colleges of Education COVID 19 Pandemic, Delta State Federal and State Owned, Health Teachers, Influence, Job Commitment.

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/12-18-08

Publication date:June 30^th 2021