INFLUENCE OF TEACHER'S REMUNERATION ON STUDENT'S ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE.

ABSTRACT

This study investigated the Influence of Teacher's Remuneration on the Student's Academic Performance in secondary school in Egor Local Government Area of Edo state. To guide the study four research questions were raised and answered directly. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consisted of two hundred and ninety-three (293) teachers from the 12 public secondary schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo state. A sample of one hundred (100) teachers from 4 public secondary schools was randomly selected for the study. The research instrument used to gather data for the study was a Questionnaire titled Teachers' Remuneration and Student's Academic Performance Questionnaire (TRSAPQ). Data collected were analyzed using the descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation). The findings revealed that the most commonly used leadership style in public secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State is the Democratic leadership style. The study also revealed that the level of effectiveness of principal’s leadership styles and teachers’ level of performance in secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State is high. It was concluded that the effectiveness of principal’s leadership style positively affects teachers’ performance in public secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State