Influence of school adherence to quality control measures in terms of teachers’ academic qualification and their job performance.

This study was undertaken to assess Teachers’ academic qualification as a quality control measures on teachers’ job performance in public primary schools in Calabar Educational Zone of Cross River State, Nigeria. One null hypothesis was formulated to guide the study. The sample consisted of four hundred and fifty-nine (459) teachers and one thousand, eight hundred and thirty-six (1,836) pupils selected from primary six class. Two instruments were designed for the collection of data. These were Quality Control Measures Questionnaire (QCMQ) and Teachers’ Job Performance Questionnaire (TJPQ). Pearson reliability was 0.68 for (QCMQ) and 0.71for TJPQ. The data collected were subjected to statistical analysis using One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Fisher’s protected t-test. The hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. Findings of the study showed that there was a significant influence of quality control measures in terms of teachers’ qualification on teachers’ job performance. It was concluded that teachers’ job performance could be improved through recruitment of teachers with higher academic qualification. It was recommended among others, that Educational qualification of teacher should be paramount when recruiting teachers.