Teacher’s Qualification as Determinant of Students’ Academic Achievement in Basic Electricity in Science and Technical Colleges in Bauchi and Gombe States

Abstract

The study assessed the Teacher’s qualification as determinant of Students’ Academic Achievement in Basic Electricity in Science and Technical Colleges in Bauchi and the Gombe States. Two research questions guided the study and one hypothesis formulated was tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted a correlation research design. The area of this study was the Bauchi and Gombe States. The study has a total population of 1107 students and 18 teachers. A simple random sampling technique was used to select students from 13 Science and Technical Colleges. Two hundred and seventy-eight students were selected using proportionate random sampling technique while all the 18 Basic Electricity Teachers were used for the study. The Teacher’s Qualification Questionnaire (TQQ) was used to collect data from basic electricity teachers while internal examination scores in basic electricity were used for Students’ achievement. The instrument was validated by four experts in the Faculty of Technology Education, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi. Cronbach alpha reliability method was used to determine internal consistency of the questionnaire items and reliability coefficient of 0.72 was obtained. The research questions one and two were answered using Point Bi-serial and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient respectively while hypothesis was tested using Simple Linear Regression at 0.05 level of significant. Findings indicated that Teacher’s qualification and experience had significant relationship with students’ academic achievement in basic electricity. Also, findings revealed that, teacher’s qualification was the determinant of basic electricity student’s academic achievement. Therefore, it was recommended among others that: Bauchi and Gombe States governments should set up modalities for retaining veteran Basic Electricity Teachers and sponsored those with lower qualifications to further their studies. And more emphasis should be laid on higher qualifications with experience during recruitment.