DYMISTIFYING HUMAN RESOURCES PRACTICES ON STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL OF SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EBONYI STATE"

Abstract

The study was conducted to assess human resources management roles on staff training and performance appraisal of social studies teachers  in public and private secondary schools in Ebonyi State. Two  specific purposes, two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. Related literature was reviewed which served as a guide to the research and view into what has already been studied by other researchers in the related areas of the study. Descriptive research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 3,100 teachers in Abakaliki Education Zone. The sample of the study was 930 respondents.The instrument for data collection was questionnaire, while the instrument was face validated by three experts, The reliability of the instrument was established by using Cronbach alpha procedure. The data collected for the study were analyzed using mean(x) and standard deviation (SD) to answer the research questions while t-test statistics was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that Public and private secondary school principal recommend their teachers for staff training and Social Studies teachers in both public and private secondary schools annually appraise their teachers,among others. The test of the hypotheses indicated that there was significant difference on the conduct of orientation, recommendation of staff training, staff appraisal, delegation of duties and motivation of staff to enhance their performance. Based on these findings, some recommendations were made, among others that, Social Studies teachers  of private secondary schools should endeavor to emulate public secondary school Social Studies teachers ’various methods of appraisal/recruitment of qualified teachers to teach in their schools