Abstract
The study examined professional self-development opportunities
available to teachers’ in public Secondary Schools in Ebonyi state. A
sample size of 612 teachers representing 20% of the public Secondary
School teachers in the zones were selected through stratified random
sampling technique. Two research questions and two hypotheses were
posed. The design of the study was descriptive survey. Data were
collected with questionnaire. Mean and z- test used for data analysis.
Findings of the study revealed that some teacher’s professional self-
development opportunities like workshops on the use of Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) in teaching, conference attendance and
professional seminars on education are not readily available to teachers’
in the state among others. It was recommended that regular professional
self-development opportunities should be regularly organized for public
Secondary School teachers in the state.