Impact of Induction Programs on Early Career Teachers among Public Secondary Schools in Delta State, Nigeria

This study investigated impact of induction programs in on early career teachers in public secondary schools in Delta State, Nigeria. Three research questions and hypotheses guided the study. A descriptive research design was used for the study, with a population of 489 principals from the public secondary schools in Delta State. The sample size of the study was 49 principals representing 10% of the population selected using the simple random sampling technique. A self-structured questionnaire titled impact of induction programs in on early career teachers Questionnaire (IIPECTQ) was used for the study. The reliability index of the instrument was 0.85 using the test re-test method. Mean, standard deviation and rank order was used to answer the research questions, while z-test was used to test the hypotheses at the 0.05 level of significance. Findings showed, teachers’ induction programs have impacts on early career teachers in public secondary schools in Delta State and there is a significant difference between the opinion of both male and female principals on the impact teachers’ induction programs have on early career teachers in public secondary schools in Delta State. The study concluded that induction program is the umbrella that accommodates the early career teachers and initiates them into the teaching profession in Delta State. The study recommended, among others, that principals should provide inductions programs for early career teachers so as to welcome them into the teaching profession in Delta State.