In-Service Training as a predictor of Teacher Commitment in Secondary Schools in Abia State, Nigeria

This study examined in-service training as a predictor of teacher commitment in secondary schools in Aba Education Zone, of Abia State. The main purpose was to find out whether in-service training predicts teachers’ affective, normative, and continuance commitment in secondary schools in Aba Education Zone. Three hypotheses were addressed. A correlational survey research design was adopted. The population consist 1877 teachers and a sample of 306 teachers was drawn using multi stage random sampling technique. Instrument for data collection was a structured and adapted questionnaire. Data was analyzed using linear regression. The result revealed that in-service training does not significantly predict teachers’ affective commitment, while in-service training does significantly predict teachers’ normative commitment and continuance commitment. Based on these findings, it was recommended among others that State Government should improve on the incentives teachers receive during their exposures to in-service training.