Upskilling teachers in the digital era: Panacea for the sustainability of secondary education in Calabar Education Zone, Cross River State

Abstract

The paper examined upskilling teachers as a panacea for sustainable secondary education in cross river state. The survey research design  was adopted for the study. Three (3) research questions were raised and two hypotheses formulated to guide the study. The total  population for the study was 118 consisting 46 public secondary school principals and 72 private school principals in Calabar  education zone. The 118 principals were purposively selected. The instrument used for data collection was Up skilling teachers sustainable questionnaire (UTSSEQ), with reliability 0.86 using the Croubach Alpha The mean score and t test statistics was used for data  analysis. The results revealed areas of teacher competency that needs upskilling. Also, there is no significant difference between perception of both public and private school principals about up skilling teachers and sustainable secondary education in Calabar  education zone. Principals are admonished to organize training programmes for teachers on periodic basis.