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The Influence Of Teachers’ Professional Development On Students’ Academic Performances
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5.0 SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
This chapter highlights the finding from this study. Findings from the study had led to some conclusions and recommendations. Thus, this chapter presents the summary, conclusion and recommendations of the study.
This study set out to find the relationship which exists between teacher professional and students’ academic performance in Ijumu secondary schools in Kogi state. The population for this study consists of teachers in all the 200 in Ijumu secondary schools. The scope was limited to 10 schools in Ijumu Local Government Areas in Kogi state. Samples were drawn from among teachers’ selected schools. The main hypothesis that states that there is no significant relationship between teachers’ professional and students’ academic performance in Ijumu secondary schools, Kogi state shows that there is low, positive significant relationship between teachers’ professional and students’ academic performance in Ijumu secondary schools.
Hypothesis one (Ho) states that there is no significant relationship between teachers’ qualification and students’ academic performance, was rejected. This was because the calculation p-value of 0.000 is less than the significance level of 0.05 for 292 degree of freedom. This indicates that there was significant relationship between teachers’ qualification and students’ academic performance in Kogi state secondary schools.
Hypothesis one (Ho): states that there is no significant relationship between method of teaching and students’ academic performance in Ijumu Secondary Schools, Kogi state was rejected. This was because the calculation p-value of 0.002 is less than the significant level of 0.05 for 292 degree of freedom. This indicates that there was significant relationship between teachers’ method of teaching and students’ performance in KogiState Secondary Schools.
Hypothesis one (Ho): states that there is no significant relationship between teachers’ experience and students’ academic performance in Ijumu Secondary Schools, Kogi state was rejected. This was because the calculation p-value of 0.000 is less than the significant level of 0.05 for 292 degree of freedom. Thisindicates that there was significant relationship between
o improve teachers’ experience and students’ academic performance in Kogi state secondary schools.
Hypothesis one (Ho): states that there is no significant relationship between teachers’ competency and students’ academic performance in Ijumu Secondary Schools, Kogi state was rejected. Thiswas because the calculation p-value of 0.001 is less than the significant level of 0.05 for 292 degree of freedom. This indicates that there was significant relationship between teachers’ competency and students’ academic performance in Kogi state secondary schools.
5.1 Conclusions
In conclusion, it is generally believed that for education to achieve its stated goals there is need to adequately pay attention to teachers’ professional by the government and all stakeholders. In addition, students’ academic performance in both internal and external examinations would continue to decline, if government is not committed to adequate and timely provision of competent teachers in our senior secondary schools. In order words, students’ academic performance in Kogi state senior secondary schools depends on teachers’ effectiveness. This is to say, teacher profession in the teaching has significant impact on students’ academic performance and it is a panacea for the attainment of educational goals and objectives. It is therefore not out of place for the National Policy on Education (2006) to have equivocally stated that no educational system can rise above the competency of its teachers.
Based on the finding from this students’ academic performance in Kogi state secondary schools is a concern. This requires prompt attention on the part of the state educational planners and policy makers to improve on the academic situation of students, since most secondary schools for higher education.
There is the need for each secondary school to map out its institutional values and goals within the frame work of the National Policy on Education, taking into account the expected trends and development in their internal and external environment. This will provide each school with a clear view of how it wishes to develop itself and the means of securing such development. This will also assist in promoting system efficiency thereby paving way for each secondary school to operate with minimal wastage for predetermined educational objectives to be effectively achieved.
5.3 Recommendations
Based on the finding of the study, the following recommendations were made:
One of the responsibilities of Teacher Registration Council on Nigeria (TRCN) is to professionalize teaching. To achieve this, the body will need the full support of all stakeholders in education to prevent and reduce drastically the recruitment of unqualified teachers into the system. To pressurize or lobby the government to make regulations that will recognize teaching as a distinct profession: setting out requisite condition for would be teachers, thereby reducing entry of nonprofessional teachers into profession, only graduates with teaching qualification should be employed to teach in the senior secondary schools.
- The number and competency of teachers in our schools should be periodically assessed by the designated school commission, in order to ensure adequate supply and posting of teachers to schools, to enhance and improve students’ academic performance
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACTThis work focused on Influence of Teachers’ Professional Development on Students’ Academic Performance in Ijumu secondary schools, Kogi State.The study was a descriptive a survey of correlation type. Two set of instruments were designed to collect data. The first instrument was titled: “Teacher’s Profession Questionnaire (TPQ) and “Students’ Academic Performance†(SAP). The target population for this study consist 15 secondary school in ijumu ... Continue reading---
QUESTIONNAIRE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]SECTION APersonal Information(Please tick where appropriate)1. Name of school ____________________________________________ 2. Sex Male ( ) Female ( )3. Marital status: single ( ) married ( ) 4. Age: 26-30( ) 31-35( ) 36-40 ( )41-45 ( ) 46-50 ( )51 and above ( )5. Position Held: H O D( )Subject teacher ( ),Class teacher ( ), Supervisor( )6. Years of experience in teaching (0-5 years) (5-10 years) (11-15 ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]INTRODUCTION1.1 Background to the studyThe fact remains that education is the major reliable and portent for attainable growth and development in facets of human society. It is perhaps against this background that past and current education reforms in Nigeria emphasized the need to provide for every citizen. Nigeria as a developing nation seeking to become an active participant as well as a key play in the global community. Certainly must put in place, effective education system powered by ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]A Professional teaching qualification does not make you a professional,
in the true sense of the world. Belonging to a particular profession
does not automatically guarantee that the service you provide is a
professional one. Hence teaching as a professional is a hard thing to do
because it encompasses many roles to be done well. Higher status and
recognition arise in educational standard. Since teachers are the key
determinants of educational standard, the improvement in the condu ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]CHAPTER THREE3.0 RESEARCH METHODLOGY This chapter describes the methods to elicit necessary information from the respondents and collect the appropriate data for testing the hypotheses. The presentation is organized under the following sub-heading:Research Design;Population of the study Sample and Sampling TechniquesResearch InstrumentsValidity and Reliability of the InstrumentsProcedure for Data Collection Method of Data Analysis3.1 Research Design This is ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 6 ]Hypotheses testing There are one main and four operational hypotheses set to guide the study. Pearson product-moment correlation statistic was used to test all the hypotheses at 0.05 of significance level.Main hypothesisHo: There is no significance relationship between teacher profession development and students’ academic performances in secondary schools in Kogi stateTable 7 shows that the p-value (0.003) is less than the significance level (0.05) for 292 degree of freedom. Therefo ... Continue reading---
