Relationship Among Educational Services, Teacher Quality and Student Academic Performance in Public Senior Secondary Schools in Dutsinma Metropolis of Katsina State, Nigeria

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship among Educational services, Teacher quality and Student Academic performance in Dutsinma metropolis of Katsina state. Two research hypotheses were formulated and tested in order to guide the study and the design used was correlational in nature. Three research instruments used for the data collection were an adapted version of the Availability of Educational Services Questionnaire (for the teachers), Teachers Quality Assessment Questionnaire (for the principals) and Students Academic Performance Proforma, developed by Arinde, (2010.) Five Public Senior Secondary Schools in Dutsinma metropolis were used as the population of the study and the whole five senior secondary schools were selected as the sample of this study. The data collected were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between Educational Services, Teacher Quality and Student Academic Performance in Public Senior Secondary Schools in Dutsinma Metropolis of Katsina State. Some recommendations were proffered according to the results, especially Old students’ associations, philanthropists, and communities should assist schools, Periodic review of remuneration of teachers should be given top priority but it must be based on teachers’ and students’ Performance, Secondary school teachers should enroll for computer training so as to meet with modern trends in teacher education and Only graduates with teaching qualification should be employed to teach in the senior secondary schools.