Principals’ Security Management Practices and Teachers’ Job Satisfaction in Public Secondary Schools in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Education Committee

Emmanuel Okon Akpan; Cellina Iboro Williams

doi:10.56201/ijee.v12.no.3.2026.pg488.505

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Principals’ Security Management Practices and Teachers’ Job Satisfaction in Public Secondary Schools in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Education Committee

Emmanuel Okon Akpan, and Cellina Iboro Williams

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The study examined the extent to which principals’ security management practices predict teachers’ job satisfaction in public secondary schools in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Education Committee. The study was guided by three research questions and three null hypotheses. Correlational research design was adopted for the study. The population of this study consisted of 427 teachers in the eight public secondary schools in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Education Committee. Multi-stage sampling approach was used for selecting 171 teachers which represents 40% of the teacher’s population. Researchers’-developed instrument, entitled "Principals’ Security Management and Teachers’ Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (PSMTJSQ)” was used to gather data for the study. The instrument had Section A and B. Section A was Principals’ Security Management Questionnaire while Section B was Teachers’ Job Satisfaction Questionnaire . The instrument was validated by three experts; two from The Department of Curriculum Studies, Educational Management and Planning and one from The Department of Psychological Foundations of Education, Faculty of Education, University of Uyo. The reliability of the instruments was determined using Cronbach Alpha Analysis which yielded reliability coefficients of .646 and .814 for PSMQ and TJSQ respectively. For the sub-variables, the reliability indices of .728, .722 and .763 were obtained for principals’ provision of perimeter fence, principals’ provision of access control and principals’ enforcement of safety drills respectively. Simple Regression Analysis statistics was used to answer the research questions and test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that, principals’ provision of perimeter fence, principals’ provision of access control and principals’ enforcement of safety drills significantly predict teachers’ job satisfaction in public secondary schools in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Education Committee. The study concluded that effective security management can indeed play a significant role in teachers’ job satisfaction in public secondary schools in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Education Committee. It was recommended, amongst others that, the Ministry of Education should provide adequate funds to all public secondary schools for the construction and maintenance of perimeter fences. The Ministry should also include perimeter fences in the checklist for school inspection. [341 words] * IJEE IJEE www.ijee.io

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Principals’ Security Management PracticesTeachers’ Job SatisfactionProvision of Perimeter FenceProvision of Access ControlPrincipals’ Enforcement of Safety Drills

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