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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between promotion and classroom ‎teachers’ job satisfaction in Senior Secondary Schools in Taraba State, Nigeria. 2 research ‎questions and 1 hypothesis was formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The ‎population of the study was 3,093 teachers from various public senior secondary schools in the ‎nine education zones in Taraba State A sample size for the study was 354 participants ‎calculated using Taro Yamane’s Formula. The data collected was analyzed using mean and ‎standard deviation and Pearson product moment correlation was used to analyzed the ‎hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. Findings: There was a statistical significance strong ‎relationship between promotion and classroom teachers job satisfaction in Senior Secondary ‎Schools in Taraba State, Nigeria (r706 = 0.18, p < 0.05.).  This study concluded that promotion is ‎high with a grand mean of (3.76). Classroom teachers ‘job satisfaction   is low in Senior‎Secondary Schools in Taraba state, Nigeria with a grand mean score (3.03).Recommendations: ‎The Taraba State government should ensure regular promotion of teachers and implement ‎payment of promoted teachers with their promotion status and other allowances‎‎.