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Attitude towards the Teaching Profession: The Secondary School Teachers’ Outlook

Table 1.

Mean Rating of the Attitude of SecondarySchool Teachers towards the Teaching Profession in Awka South LGA, AnambraState
S/N As a teacher N Mean Std. Deviation Remarks
1 I inspire students to realize and exceed their potentials. 55 3.73 .449 Accepted
2. I am a great mentor and teacher for the students 55 3.87 .336 Accepted
3. I instill in students the needs to never stop learning. 55 3.65 .615 Accepted
4. I maintain a good relationship with my students. 55 3.27 .827 Accepted
5. I cannot control the class without inflicting corporal punishment to disobedient students 55 2.84 1.229 Accepted
6. I do not follow up to formative assessment. 55 1.18 .611 Unaccepted
7. I do not make use of instructional materials in my teachings. 55 1.18 .611 Unaccepted
8. I am lackadaisical towards the students’ academic performance. 55 1.00 .000 Unaccepted
9. I am always available for my students’ questions and consultation. 55 3.07 .900 Accepted
10. I take sufficient time to clarify the doubts of my students. 55 3.11 .936 Accepted
11. My responsibility towards the students ends in school. 55 1.02 .135 Unaccepted
12. I complain about the teaching profession due to the school workload 55 3.09 .800 Accepted
13. I complain about the teaching profession because of the low pay scale. 55 3.93 .262 Accepted
14. I have no self-satisfaction in teaching. 55 1.64 .930 Unaccepted
15. I cannot make ends meet without private tuition. 55 2.87 1.233 Accepted
16. My duty as a teacher is to equip myself with the latest technology 55 3.11 .854 Accepted
17. I am proud of my profession irrespective of other people’s feeling towards it 55 3.58 .809 Accepted
18. I am more interested in my salary than the students 55 1.29 .685 Unaccepted
19. I consider teaching a noble profession 55 3.06 .359 Accepted
20. Teaching is a challenging profession 55 3.27 .952 Accepted
  GRAND MEAN     2.63 Accepted