Commuting Patterns and Teachers’ Disposition to Work in Public Secondary Schools in Education District I, Lagos State

Jacob Adeyanju; Akeem Adekunle

ผู้แต่ง

Jacob Adeyanju University of Lagos
Akeem Adekunle Faculty of Education University of Lagos

คำสำคัญ:

Commuting patterns, Commuting distance, Commuting time, Mode of transportation, Teachers’ disposition to work, Public secondary schools, Lagos State

บทคัดย่อ

Commuting issues in heavily populated cosmopolitan areas like Lagos are of great concern to different stakeholders in Education. This is due to the implications on Professionalism and task accomplishment of teachers. This study, therefore, investigated the commuting patterns and the disposition of teachers to work in public secondary schools in Lagos State, Nigeria. The study sought to achieve three objectives, provided answers to two research questions and tested one hypothesis at α = 0.05 level of significance. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population comprised 5200 teachers in all 78 public secondary schools in the District. In this study, the sample size comprised 300 public secondary school teachers selected from 30 schools using a multi-stage sampling procedure. The instrument used for data collection was a self-designed, structured, validated and reliable (r = 0.96) Questionnaire titled “Commuting Pattern and Teachers' Work Disposition Questionnaire” (CPTWDQ), which was made up of three sections. We analysed our data using Descriptive statistics to answer the research questions, while Multiple Regression Analysis was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 confidence level. The results showed that the majority of teachers commuted long distances of 21 kilometres and above; teachers’ disposition to work was moderately average; and that commuting time and mode of transportation significantly predicted work disposition, while commuting distance did not. It was recommended among others that Governments should prioritise improvements in the public transportation system and road networks, particularly in urban and semi-urban areas where most commuting challenges are concentrated. Schools should explore the possibility of flexible working hours for teachers, especially those travelling long distances or from traffic-prone zones, to mitigate the effects of commuting time.

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