GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

between teachers’ participation in school governance and their morale in secondary schools in Imo State. The population of this study consisted of all 5047 teachers in the 275 public secondary schools in Imo State under the six (6) Education Zones. The study adopted Correlational Survey Design while simple random sampling technique was used in selecting the respondents. Data was obtained using a research questionnaire titled: “Participation in School Governance Questionnaire (PSGQ) and Teachers Morale Questionnaire (TMQ). Data obtained from the respondents were analysed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) while Pearson Product Moment Correlation analysis was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 alpha levels. It was concluded that participation in curriculum planning and staff development have no significant relationship with morale of teachers. One of the recommendations was that workshops, seminars and conferences for teachers on curriculum planning and other educational administrations should be regular and made compulsory so as to update their knowledge as this will boost their morale.

KEYWORDS: Teachers’ Participation in School Governance, Curriculum Planning, Teachers’ Morale, Staff development