The relationship between teachers' qualification, availability of relevant equipment and students' performance in school certificate biology
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Date
1985
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Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria
Abstract
This study investigated the relationship between qualifications, availability of relevant
equipment and performance in West African School Certificate (WASC) Biology (1979). Three
types of questionnaire were used (a) qualifications questionnaire (XQ), (b) availability of
relevant equipment questionnaire (YEQ) and (c) School Certificate Biology result for I979
questionnaire (ZR). The YR ,and XQ questionnaires were used to collect information from
relevant schools and the west African Council's (WAEC) records.
Following the analyses of the data the result showed that there was positive relationship between
teachers' academic and professional qualifications and the quality of West African School
Certificate (WASC) biology examinations results. There was positive relationship between
teachers' academic and professional qualifications and the quality of West African School
Certificate (WASC) biology examinations results.
There was positive relationship between teachers' academic and professional qualifications,
availability of relevant- biology equipment, and quality of WASC biology result. It was also
found that academic and professional qualifications did not influence the selection of relevant
equipment for school certificate biology class and the quality of school certificate biology result.
It was recommended that agencies involved in running schools should make sure that qualified
experienced teachers and relevant Biology equipment should be provided in schools presenting
candidates for West African Examination Council's school certificate biology examinations.
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94p
Keywords
Teaching, Qualification, Education, West African School Certificate (WASC), Examination, Academic, Curricula, Syllabus