Correlation Between Teachers’ Workload and Training on Instructional Delivery among Public Primary Schools in Talata Mafara Education Zone, Zamfara State, Nigeria
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.64348/zije.2026464Keywords:
Human resource, Instructional delivery, Management, Primary School.Abstract
The study investigated the relationship between Teachers workload and Training on instructional delivery among primary schools in Talata Mafara education zone of Zamfara state, Nigeria. The study has two specific objectives, two research questions and two null hypotheses. A correlational survey research design was used. A sample size of 48 respondents was purposively selected to represent the population of 985. Two instruments designed by the researchers and titled: Human Resource Management Scale (HRMS) and Teacher Instructional Delivery Observation Checklist (TIDOCL) were used for data collection. The instruments were validated by experts in educational research, test and measurement from the Faculty of Education and Extension Services, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. The reliability of the two instruments was determined through a trial testing using five primary schools that were not included in the main sample. The test re-test method was applied and the data obtained was subjected to Pearson Product Moment of Correlation Coefficient (PPMCs) analysis, yielding a reliability value of 0.81and 0.87 respectively. The frequency and percentage as well the PPMC statistics were used in answering the research questions and testing of the null hypotheses respectively at a 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed among others, that the teachers perceived workload as being excessive due to overload of teaching subjects in public primary schools. The study recommended among others that, the need for Zamfara state government to expedite action in ensuring that adequate teachers are hired for all the public primary schools in the state, so as to make the workload for teachers less excessive.
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