Human Resource Management for Secondary School Effectiveness in Taraba State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study examined human resource management for secondary school
effectiveness in Taraba state. Two research questions guided the study. The population comprised 3,225 teachers from 304 public secondary schools in Taraba state. 300 teachers constituted the sample, using simple random
sampling technique. However, 10 item rating scale questionnaire constructed by the researchers, titled human resource management for secondary school effectiveness questionnaire (HRMSSEQ) was used for data collection. Descriptive research design was adopted for the study. Simple percentages were used in answering the research questions. Findings of the study revealed that job enrichment programmes for teachers influences secondary school effectiveness and training/ retraining programmes for teachers improves school effectiveness. It was, therefore, recommended among others that the school management should once in a while create job enlargement
programmes or job enrichment programmes for teachers to enlarge their scope and as well as organizing training /retraining programmes for them to aid school effectiveness.