Influence of Curriculum Support Officers on the Use of Pedagogies and Instructional Materials Among Senior Secondary School Teachers in Niger State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study was tagged “the influence of curriculum support officers on the use of pedagogies and instructional materials Among Senior Secondary School teachers in Niger State, Nigeria”. The objectives were to assess the influence of curriculum support officers on the use of pedagogies and instructional materials among Senior Secondary School teachers in Niger State, Nigeria. The study employed descriptive survey. The population was 3,232 with a 346 sample. Multistage sampling technique was used. Twenty-three adopted structured-items questionnaire was used. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained through a split-half method using Cronbach’s Alpha to confirm internal consistency and 0.87 was obtained which implied that the instrument was reliable. Mean was used for the data analysis. The study found that the curriculum support officers influenced teachers’ use of pedagogies positively but there were insufficient fund and inadequate transport facilities, and accommodation for curriculum support officers to perform as expected in the schools. Training by curriculum support officers influenced teachers’ job performance on the use of instructional materials although there were inadequate qualified curriculum support officers to guide teachers on the use of instructional materials in the schools. It was recommended that, in collaboration with Parent-Teacher Associations (PTA) and School-Based Management Committee (SBMC) principals should invest in school farms to finance and provide inadequate transport facilities as well as accommodation for curriculum support officers to perform as expected in the Senior Secondary Schools.