Influence Of Poor Teacher-students Relationship On Academic Performance Of Senior Secondary School Biology Students

Significant of the Study 

The finding of this study will be of benefit and also will go a long way in helping all stakeholders of education which includes teachers, students, parents, educational planners, private organizations schools and entire system of education. 

Teachers will benefit when there is an improvement in the relationship between the teachers and the students because it will serve as a sense of direction to them by helping them to understand and know the reason why students perform below standards academically. Also if the students perform very well the teachers will as well be rewarded.

Students will benefit when there is a cordial relationship between them and their teacher. More knowledge will be acquired because when there is cordial relationship the students can always go to their teacher and relate their problems to them and more emphasis will be laid on it. Also there are students  that  learns better when things are explained to them more outside the school or classroom. So when there is cordial relationship student will learn better and achieve better academically.

Parents will benefit because their wards been the students will learn better and achieve better or very well academically because parents always have great joy whenever their wards perform very well or do very well academically and also in school activities.

Educational planners will benefit when there is improvement in the relationship between students and their teacher because the educational goal that the educational planners set out will be achieved since their intention is for the schools to achieve the aims, goals and objectives, once there is positive relationship between the teachers and students, the educational goals will not only be achieved the society will have fruitful and intelligent graduates.

Private organization will benefit from improved relationship between the teacher and students because the school produces qualified and intelligent students that will be fruitful to the society as they have  related  very well with their teachers and perform very well in their academics. The private organizations will enjoy them (students) that graduate from schools because they will be focused, committed and  dedicated  in their work  when they are employed.     

Scope of the Study     

For an efficient and successful work to be carried out, the researcher limits this study to a defined geographical zone that is concerned secondary schools in Ebonyi local government area of Ebonyi state.

Research Questions 

The following questions were formulated to guide the study; 

i. In what ways do teachers punish and react towards students in the class whenever their attention is needed by them?

ii. To what extent can we encourage students-teachers relationships in the classroom?

iii. To what extent do teachers reinforce the students in their class?

iv. To what extent do teachers allow students freedom in their class?

v. To what extent do teachers use leisure time to engage the students in a friendly chat?