QUALITY TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMME AND ACADEMIC STAFF PERFORMANCE OF IGNATIUS AJURU UNIVERSITY OF..

Since "no education system can rise above the level of its students," a teacher education programme is essential for high-quality education.

The Nigerian government saw teacher education as a way of raising and training trained,highly motivated, and conscientious teachers into the teaching profession, based on this theory.As a result of this recruiting process, the system's quality service delivery (job performance) has improved.As a result, the aim ofthis study was to look into "Quality Teacher Education Program and Academic Staff Performance in Ignatius Ajuru University of Education Port Harcourt."The study's goal is to see if there's a connection between intrinsic interest arousal and academic staff performance at Ignatius Ajuru University of Education's Teacher Education programme, professional self-development, and academic staff performance.

The analysis was motivated by three (3) research questions and two (2) hypotheses.The study used a correlational research design. The study's population consisted of 420 lecturers, of whom 205 were chosen using simple random sampling.Data was collected using the “Quality Teacher Education Programme and Academic Staff Performance Questionnaire (QTEPSAPQ)”.The instrument was validated by two experts, and its reliability was determined by the Cronbach Alpha index of 0.78. With the aid of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Software version 20, descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviationwere used to address the research questions, while regression analysis was used to evaluate the hypotheses.The study's results showed that academic staff members' intrinsic interest in their employment, as well as their professional selfdevelopment, were directly and positively linked to their work performance. As a result, the teacher education software will predict academic staff results. As a result, the study suggests that the government and school administration ensure that future recruitment exercises at the institution are focused on teaching qualifications. This will aid in the weeding out of quacks from the educational system, encouraging excellence in the teaching profession and ensuring quality service delivery.

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