GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT

The study sought to assess the personality variables and teachers’ performance in secondary school in Imo State. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The study was conducted in Imo State. The population of the study comprised school administrators and teachers in secondary schools in Imo State. A simple random sampling technique was used to select 60 administrators and 120 teachers, and these gave the total of 180 respondents that constituted the sample size for the study. The main instrument used in this study was a questionnaire titled "Personality Variables and Teachers' Performance Questionnaire (PVTPQ)". Face and content validation of the instrument was carried out by an expert in test, measurement, and evaluation from Imo State University to ensure that the instrument recorded accuracy for the study, while the Cronbach Alpha technique was used to determine the level of reliability of the instrument. The reliability coefficient obtained was 0.92, and this was high enough to justify the use of the instrument. The researcher subjected the data generated for this study to appropriate statistical techniques such as descriptive statistics and independent t-test analysis. The test for significance was done at 0.05 alpha levels. The study revealed that teachers’ performances are the most significant contribution in the educational process that improves their skills and prioritizes their efforts in ways that improve the prospect of career advancement. The study revealed that there is significant extent to which openness to experience influences teachers’ performance in Imo State. Finally, the study revealed that there is significant extent to which conscientiousness influences teachers’ performance in Imo State. One of the recommendations was that the government should evaluate teachers’ personality traits and their teaching performance using students since their teaching performance is one of the strong factors in students’ academic performance.

KEYWORDS: Personality Variables, Teachers Performance, Secondary School and Imo State