Franca Okaninemhen IYERE

The study investigated teacher's perception on the Causes of Failure of Students in Biology in Secondary Schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, two research questions and one null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Descriptive survey study research design was adopted by the study. The population of this study consisted of all Biology teachers in the thirteen (13) public secondary schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. The number of teachers for this study is made up of thirty (30). The sample for the study was 30 Biology teachers from ten (13) randomly selected public secondary schools. The purposive sampling technique was adopted by the study to select the entire thirty (30) Biology teachers to make up the sample for the study. A structured questionnaire titled: "Teachers' Perception of the Causes of Failure of Students in Biology Questionnaire" (POTBQ) was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by three experts, the researchers' supervisor and two experts in Department of Curriculum and Instructional Technology, University of Benin, Benin City. Their opinions, suggestions and recommendations of these experts was used to produce the final instrument. The questionnaire were personally administered to all the respondents in the various schools after due permission was obtained from the principals. This was done in collaboration with the help of the subject teachers in the school who assisted with the distribution and collection of the questionnaire. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics of frequency, mean (x), and standard deviation (SD). Frequency, mean and standard deviation was used to answer the research questions. The study found that Inadequate training of teachers affects students' performance and there are no adequate instructional materials for the teaching and learning of Biology and in most school the teachers do not make use of instructional materials. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended amongst others: The government should put into consideration professional training and qualifications of teachers during employment to ensure better outcomes during examinations. With this, only teachers with professional qualifications should be employed to teach Biology in our Secondary Schools.