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The purpose of this study is to determine strategies for improving the quality of teaching in private secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. In order to achieve the purpose of the study, five research questions were raised and answered. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of this study comprise of two thousand, four hundred and twenty eight (1428) private school students and six hundred and forty one (641) teachers in Oredo local government Area of Edo State while a total of one hundred and forty three (143) private school students and sixty four (64) teachers made up the sample for the study. Data for the study was collected with the use of a self-constructed questionnaire. The face and content validity were ascertained in order to determine the validity of the instrument. A test-retest reliability
method was used to ascertain the reliability of the research instrument. The researcher made use of frequency count, simple percentage, mean score analyses and standard deviation to analyse the collected data. Findings from the study revealed that the competence level of teachers in private secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State is low, the available
resources for teaching in private schools in Oredo local government area include chalkboards, chalks, picture, charts, television, computer instructor, music instructor, radio, public address system, flash card, computer set, library, computer room, physics
laboratory, biology laboratory, agriculture laboratory and Liberian, factors hindering qualitative teaching include lack of requisite qualification, lack of opportunity for retraining, no cooperation between teachers and school administrators and that lack of
enthusiasm among teachers and that for teaching to be improved, school administrators should exhibit good leadership, training programmes should be organized for teachers regularly, teachers should be encouraged to adopt student-centered teaching methods, instructional materials should be made available
method was used to ascertain the reliability of the research instrument. The researcher made use of frequency count, simple percentage, mean score analyses and standard deviation to analyse the collected data. Findings from the study revealed that the competence level of teachers in private secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State is low, the available
resources for teaching in private schools in Oredo local government area include chalkboards, chalks, picture, charts, television, computer instructor, music instructor, radio, public address system, flash card, computer set, library, computer room, physics
laboratory, biology laboratory, agriculture laboratory and Liberian, factors hindering qualitative teaching include lack of requisite qualification, lack of opportunity for retraining, no cooperation between teachers and school administrators and that lack of
enthusiasm among teachers and that for teaching to be improved, school administrators should exhibit good leadership, training programmes should be organized for teachers regularly, teachers should be encouraged to adopt student-centered teaching methods, instructional materials should be made available
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