Teaching effectiveness

This study was carried out to identify the Assessment of teacher’s quality on students’ academic achievement in Biology. The research was carried out as a survey research using relevant literature from journals, magazines, books, and the internet. Four research questions were raised and analyzed for the purpose of the study. A random sampling technique was used in the selection of 20 Biology teachers who were randomly selected SS1 students in senior secondary school students in Ovia North East LGA, Benin City Edo State. The data were collected with a questionnaire instrument and analyzed using simple percentages. The result revealed that; there were fewer teachers with good quality in the schools of study, there were more female teachers with good quality than males, and there were more teachers with good quality in public schools, from the study, 8 teachers representing 71% of the population affirmed that teachers with good quality breed students' achievement in biology while 12 of the teachers think otherwise. Based on the results, it was recommended that school heads should ensure that the potential of the teachers is well harnessed and utilized to reflect the true picture of their quality in the academic achievement of students, teachers must wake up to their responsibilities and be dedicated to their subjects and duties in the classroom because the poor performance of students will always be referred to their failure in their designated duties, the government through the inspectorate division must routinely visit schools to ensure that teachers are qualified and are properly discharging their primary assignment, teachers should be motivated to participate actively in in-service training programmes and workshops to update their knowledge and pedagogical skills. key words