Vol. 1, December 2023

Teachers’ Reward System and Academic Performance of Public Senior Secondary School Students in Lagos State, Nigeria

ANIFOWOSHE, Olawale Jamiu, MOHAMMED, M. O. B.

Abstract

This paper examined teachers’ reward system and academic performance of public senior secondary
school students’ in Lagos State, Nigeria. The study adopted a correlational design. The population of
the study comprised all teachers in 322 public senior secondary schools in Lagos State, Nigeria. Two
research questions were raised, and two null hypotheses were tested at a 0.05 level of significance. A
sample of 300 respondents was drawn through simple random sampling techniques. Two research
instruments titled ‘Teachers’ Reward System Questionnaire’ (TRSQ) and ‘Records Observation
Format’ (ROF) were used for data collection. The content validity of the instruments was ensured by
test experts and the reliability consistency of the instruments was 0.65 using Cronbach’s alpha.
Kendall's tau-b correlation was used to analyse data collected via Statistical Package for Social
Science (SPSS) version 22.0. The findings of hypotheses 1 and 2 showed that a significant
relationship existed between teachers’ tangible reward system and academic performance of public
senior secondary school students in Lagos State, Nigeria (?b = .521; N=300; p<0.05); and a
significant relationship existed between teachers’ intangible reward system and academic performance
of public senior secondary school students in Lagos State, Nigeria (?b =.620; N=300; p<0.05). Based
on the findings, the study concluded that teachers’ morale and students’ academic performance in
public secondary schools will increase if the reward system and remunerated package are catered for
by the government. Therefore, it is recommended amongst others that government should enhance the
remuneration package of teachers and reward their hard work with promotion at the right time.

Keywords

Reward System, Remuneration Package, Students’ Performance and Public School

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