Abstract
The study examined the influence of teachers’ teaching experience and educational qualification on academic performance of students in public secondary schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria. The purpose of the research is to find out the relationship between teachers’ teaching experience, educational qualification and academic performance of students in public secondary schools. The descriptive research of the survey type was employed for the study. The study revealed that there was significant relationship between teachers’ teaching experience, educational qualification and academic performance of students. The study had shown that teaching experience and educational qualification had influence on academic performance of students. Keywords: Teachers’ Teaching Experience, Educational Qualification, Academic Performance, Public Secondary Schools DOI : 10.7176/JEP/11-2-12 Publication date: January 31 st 2020
Highlights
Academic performance could be described as the scholastic standing of a student at a given examination
It has been observed that by the researchers that, performance of students in public secondary schools in Ekiti State is below expectation in the external examinations like the West African School Certificate Examination (WASCE) conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC)
The study revealed that there was significant positive relationship influence of teachers’ teaching experience on academic performance of students. This means that teaching experience of teachers will enhance the academic performance of students
Summary
Academic performance could be described as the scholastic standing of a student at a given examination. In collaboration with Omolayo (2009), Bello, Ibi and Bukar (2016) commented on the scholastic standing of students and argued that performance is a measure of output and that, the main outputs in education are expressed in terms of learning, that is, changes in knowledge, skills and attitudes of individuals as a result of their experiences with the school system. According to Oluwole (2017), in 2014, West African School Certificate Examination result, Ekiti State public secondary schools were occupying 12th position; in 2015, they managed to clinch the 11th position and in 2016, they were occupying 11th position against 28th position in 2013. In 2017 and 2018, Ekiti State public secondary schools occupied 11th position respectively (Ekiti State Ministry of Education)
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