Influence of school climate on academic staff efficacy in state owned tertiary institutions in Adamawa state, Nigeria

Kwaji Tizhe Takwate

Adamawa State University, Department of Arts and Social Sciences Education, Mubi

Abstract

The study investigated the influence of school climate on academic staff efficacy in Adamawa State owned tertiary institutions. Five research questions and three hypotheses guided the study and descriptive survey research design was used. The study purposefully selected four out of the seven state owned tertiary institutions in the state, out which 110 academic staff and 377 students was sampled as respondents. School Climate and Academic staff efficacy Questionnaire (SCTEQ) was used for data collection. A reliability of 0.78 was obtained using test-retest method. Mean, standard deviation and Z-test was used to answer and test the research questions and hypotheses respectively at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that administrators’ leadership style, teachers’ relationship with fellow teachers and students influences academic staff efficacy positively. The null hypotheses revealed no significant differences between the mean opinion of the respondents on the influence of administrators’ leadership style, other school climate variables and academic staff efficacy in Adamawa State owned tertiary institutions though a significant difference was found between the respondents’ mean opinion scores on influence of teacher-students’ relationship and academic staff efficacy. Based on the findings it was recommended among other things: that educational administrators in Adamawa State tertiary institutions should sustain and encourage a positive school climate among teachers and students by organizing workshops or seminars where information are provided and teachers and students should be allowed to express their views for peaceful working atmosphere to exist and enhance productivity in their institutions.

Keywords

school climate; academic staff efficacy; leadership style; teacher – students’ relationships; tertiary institutions.

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