Disciplinary Management in Public Primary Schools and Teachers Job Effectiveness in Yakurr Local Government Area, Cross River State, Nigeria

The study examined disciplinary management in public primary schools and teachers' job effectiveness in Yakurr Local Government Area, Cross River State. Three null hypotheses were formulated accordingly to guide the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. Census technique was adopted in selecting the entire population of 98 primary school managers which comprised of 49 head teachers and 49 deputy head teachers across 49 public primary schools available in the area. A questionnaire tagged: "Disciplinary Control in Public Primary Schools and Teachers' Job Effectiveness Questionnaire (DCPPSTJEQ)" designed and administered by the researcher was used as an instrument for data collection. The null hypotheses were all tested at . 05 level of significance using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis. Findings from the study revealed that warning, suspension, and dismissal have significant relationships respectively, to primary school teachers' job effectiveness. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended among others that; there should be fairness in the administration of suspension to all teachers through well-documented procedures. the of on The study was conducted using a case study design. The target population for this study was employees from the county education office in Lodwar which composed a total population of 171 teachers. The study employed purposive, stratified and simple random sampling techniques. Primary data was collected with the help of a questionnaire. Data were tested for significance using regression analysis. Test for significance was done using the Pearson product-moment of the correlation coefficient. The study found out that, respondents agreed that suspension was positive for boosting their performance; respondents also agreed that disciplinary management and policies led to the promotion of employees. The study also concluded that the effective use of suspension led to increased work performance of teachers. The study recommended based on the findings that suspension should be carefully meted out in commensurate terms with the nature of offence committed in order to increase teachers' performance. Agesa (2015) investigated the effectiveness of alternative strategies of discipline used in Starehe Division, Nairobi County, Kenya. The target population comprised of all principals, deputy principals, and teachers, of all 11 public secondary schools in Starehe Division, Nairobi County with 11 principals, 11 Deputy Principals, and 340 teachers. The instruments for data collection were questionnaires constructed by the researcher and the interview schedule which was administered to the principals. Piloting was done in one public school to test the reliability and validity of the research instruments. Data was analyzed using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). The study revealed that, for minor indiscipline, manual punishment was effective while for major indiscipline alternative strategies include suspension, Exclusion, Guidance and counselling, peer mediation and teacher-student conferences. The findings of the study revealed a strong positive relationship between the effectiveness of suspension and teachers‟ disciplinary control in secondary schools in Starehe Division.