Relationship between Teacher Working Conditions and Teacher Effectiveness in Public Secondary Schools in Oyo State, Nigeria

The paper examined Relationship between Teacher Working Conditions and Teacher Effectiveness in Public Secondary Schools in Oyo State, Nigeria. Three (3) Research Questions, with corresponding objectives and three (3) hypotheses were generated to guide the study. The study was guided by cross sectional survey research. The population of the study comprises 2623 principals and teachers drawn from fifty five (55) Secondary Schools in Oyo State, Nigeria. Lucky dip method of Simple Random Sampling Technique was employed and 1312 principals and teachers was used as sample size of the study. Self designed structured questionnaire that consisted 24 items was used for data collection. The self- designed structured Questionnaire yielded 0.82 as the logical validity index and 0.90 as a coefficient of internal consistency. Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while product moment correlation (PPMC) statistic was employed to test hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance one of the-findings of the study revealed that there is a significant relationship between teacher working conditions and teacher effectiveness in public secondary schools in Oyo State, Nigeria. Recommendation based on this finding is that the working conditions of teacher should be improved upon in order to enhance teachers' effectiveness in public secondary schools.