Job Stress Prevalence among Basic Science Teachers in Public Secondary Schools in South-West, Nigeria
Oniya,Toluwa
Department of Science Education
Faculty of Education
Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Email: oniyatoluwa@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
This study focused on the phenomenal of job stress of Basic Science teachers in South-west, Nigeria. The purpose of this study is to first assess the prevalence of secondary school Basic Science teachers’ job stress. The study further investigated into the difference in the job stress among Basic Science teachers in rural and urban public Secondary Schools and also investigated difference in job stress between male and female Basic Science teachers in South-west, Nigeria. This study employed a descriptive research design of the survey type. The Sample consisted of 100 Basic science Secondary School teachers chosen from fifty Secondary Schools in South –West, Nigeria. The instrument used in collecting the data was Basic Science Teachers’ Stress Questionnaire (BSTSQ) which was adopted for the study. The data generated were subjected to descriptive and inferential analysis using t-test. The study revealed that the level of job stress was moderate among Basic Science teachers. It also showed that there was difference in job stress between Basic Science teachers in rural and urban secondary schools. Also there was difference in job stress between female and male Basic Science teachers. Based on the findings, it was recommended that government should evolve effective and lasting strategies that will mitigate the effect of stress among basic science teachers in south-west, Nigeria. Both government and school principals should put in place routine seminars and workshops to reduce job stress. Keywords: Job stress, Gender, Rural, Urban, Basic Science, Teachers
