Constraints to Effective Continuous Professional Development of Teachers in Government Secondary School in FCT

Abstract

The study examined the constraints to effective continuous professional development of teachers in Government Secondary School in F.C.T. This study was conducted in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. Survey designed was used for the study. The study used 220 respondents. Simple random and stratified methods were used to select the population for the study. Questionnaire was used for collection of data. The questionnaire was tagged” Constraints to Effective Continuous Professional Development of Teachers in Government Secondary School Teacher Questionnaire [CECPDTGSSTQ]”. The questionnaire contained two section with nine item sub-items. The section A: collected information for bio-data while section B collected information on the subject matter. The section (B) was designed to have Yes and NO. The researcher employed the services of a research assistant. The research assistant went to the various schools to administer the questionnaire. The data collected were analyze with simple percentage. The data collected, analyzed and computed led to the conclusion that inadequate funding, lack of political will, institutional corruption, inadequate data on teacher training need gap, political instability, unstable educational policies, favoritism, improper planning of staff development programme and high cost of training are the constraints to effective teacher development in Secondary Schools in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. From the above conclusion, the paper hereby recommended that the government should increase the funding of professional development programme of secondary school teachers in FCT.