Human Resource Development Strategies And Public secondary School Teachers’ Work Performance

                                                                                           ABSTRACT

Education is very important in the development of a nation in general and of a person in particular. Onyekuru and Josephat (2013) opined that education is important because the transmission of cultural heritage and technological advancement of any nation depends on it. In recognition of the importance of education, every nation including Nigeria earmarks huge budgetary allocations for it yearly (Shantai, 2008). According to Jolles (2005), education is the key to National development and only teachers hold the key to it. Education is so powerful that it can “heal and kill” it can build up or tear apart; it can lift up or impoverish. He however noted that much would depend on the type of education and particularly on the teacher who is the hub of the education process. It is therefore expected that only the intellectually promising, morally stable and qualified are needed in teaching. It is through education that individuals and groups realize their worth and potentials.