AVAILABILITY OF TEACHERS AND STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN OREDO LOCAL AREA OF EDO STATE
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The study examined The Availability of teachers' and students' academic Performance in junior secondary schools in Oredo Local
Government Area of Edo State. To guide this study six(6) research questions were raised and two (2) hypothesis were formulated. The population of the study consist of the thirteen (13) public secondary school students' in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State with a total of three hundred and thirty nine (339) teachers. The sample of the study was 68 teachers from (2) public junior secondary schools in the Local Government. The research instrument used to collect data for the study was a checklist. The validity of instrument was ascertained by the researcher’s supervisor and the check list was analyzed using simple percentage, and chi- Square statistics. The findings revealed that qualifications of teachers in Junior secondary schools is above NCE qualification which showed that majority of teachers in the junior public secondary schools are qualified. Also this study revealed that majority of the students in the junior Secondary schools in Oredo local government area have pass in both mathematics and English
language this indicated that the level of academic performance in the junior Secondary schools in Oredo local government area is high. Based on these findings, the researcher recommends that principals should ensure that potentials of the teachers are well harnessed and utilized to reflect the true picture of their quality in the academic performance of students, Students must also ensure they continue to be hard working to improve on their performance in the school in order to secure a bright future for themselves.
Government Area of Edo State. To guide this study six(6) research questions were raised and two (2) hypothesis were formulated. The population of the study consist of the thirteen (13) public secondary school students' in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State with a total of three hundred and thirty nine (339) teachers. The sample of the study was 68 teachers from (2) public junior secondary schools in the Local Government. The research instrument used to collect data for the study was a checklist. The validity of instrument was ascertained by the researcher’s supervisor and the check list was analyzed using simple percentage, and chi- Square statistics. The findings revealed that qualifications of teachers in Junior secondary schools is above NCE qualification which showed that majority of teachers in the junior public secondary schools are qualified. Also this study revealed that majority of the students in the junior Secondary schools in Oredo local government area have pass in both mathematics and English
language this indicated that the level of academic performance in the junior Secondary schools in Oredo local government area is high. Based on these findings, the researcher recommends that principals should ensure that potentials of the teachers are well harnessed and utilized to reflect the true picture of their quality in the academic performance of students, Students must also ensure they continue to be hard working to improve on their performance in the school in order to secure a bright future for themselves.
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