TEACHERS VARIABLES AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLSTUDENTS IN ECONOMICS IN SHONGOM LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF GOMBE STATE

Abstract

For this study, the survey research design was adopted. This research design provides a quickly efficient and
accurate means of assessing information about a population of interest. It intends to study teacher variables and
their relationship with academic performance of students in economics. The study was conducted in Shongom
local government of Gombe State. The population for this study were economics teachers from all 13 senior
secondary schools in Shongom Local Government Area of Gombe State, Nigeria which were 150 respondent.
The reason for choosing Shongom LGA Gombe State is because of its proximity to the researcher. Stratified
random sampling technique was employed in selecting seven senior Secondary School In Shongom LGA Gombe
State among the School selected three are Government school, three are private School, and one is missionary
School. 108 economics teachers’ staff in seven senior secondary schools mentions above out of the 150 0f the
total population as a sample to give equal chance for all member of the population for being selected. The
sample size therefore is 108 respondents. Data for this study was collected from primary and secondary sources.
It was found out that, Academic performance of students is significantly influenced by the effectiveness of the
teachers with effective teacher classes performing better than their counterparts in the classes with ineffective
teacher, The professional qualifications of teachers significantly and positively influence the academic
performances of their students. There is a significant relationship between teachers’ method of teaching,
effectiveness, teacher qualification and students’ achievement in economics at the secondary schools in Shongom
Local government area of Gombe State. The coefficient of 0.81 was considered as reliability coefficient because
according to Samuel (2013), a test-retest coefficient of 0.5 was enough to justify the use of a research instrument.
Based on the findings the following recommendations was made: Some variables like sex, experiences,
qualifications, locations as well as population of the students should be considered before posting teachers by
the concerned bodies