In-service training and job performance of non-teaching staff in public secondary Schools in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

The study investigated the influence of Training and Job Performance of Non-teaching Staff in Public Secondary Schools in Akwa Ibom State. One objective, one research question and one hypothesis guided the study. The descriptive survey research design was used for investigation. The population for the study comprised of all typist and library assistants in 227 Public Secondary Schools in Akwa Ibom State which stood at 610. Multi-stage sampling technique which involved stratified and purposive were used to select 305 as sample. This represents 50% of 610 non-teaching staff from the three Senatorial Districts in Akwa Ibom State to respond to the questionnaire items. Two researcher- developed instruments, “In-Service Training and Job Performance of Typists Questionnaire (ITJPTQ)” and “In-Service Training and Job Performance to Library Assistants Questionnaire (ITJPLAQ) were used to gather data. Reliability index of .7992 and .8047 were obtained respectively for the instruments using Cronbach Alpha Coefficient. The data obtained were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research question, while t-test analysis was used to test the null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The finding of the study revealed that, there is no significant difference in the views of typists and library assistants on in-service training and their job performance in public secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State. It was therefore concluded that, in-service as well as other diverse training programmes for the non-teaching staff of this caliber and others, should be encouraged to boost their job performance. It is therefore recommended among others that, the government of Akwa Ibom State through the State Secondary Education Board, should institute policies and make budgetary allocations to support training scheme to improve the competence of the non-teaching staff.