Al-Hikmah University Journal

The role of teachers’ professionalism in job performance cannot be overemphasized as a professional qualification of teachers to enhance their effectiveness in task performance. This study examined teachers' professionalism and task performance in public secondary schools in Kwara state Nigeria. Six (38%) of the 16 Local Government Areas in the State's three Senatorial Districts were chosen using a straightforward random selection technique. Out of the 112 public secondary schools in the chosen Local Government Areas, 50 (44.6%) were chosen at random. A multi-stage sampling process was employed to choose the samples while a descriptive survey research design was applied. The researchersdesigned a questionnaire titled Teachers' Professionalism and Task Performance Questionnaire (TPTPQ) used to elicit relevant data for the study. The TPTPQ was validated and subjected to reliability test co-efficient of 0.73 & 0.84 for TP and TP, respectively. The findings indicated that teachers’ professionalism enhances their task performance in public senior secondary schools in Kwara State. It was recommended that government should grant teachers a certain amount of autonomy so they can carry out their duties in a way that will increase their productivity and help them do their work honourably. All parties involved in education should pay careful attention to these aspects to improve teacher task performance.