| Title: TEACHERS’ AGE AND EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION AS CORRELATES OF STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EDO STATE |
| Authors: Idiakhoa, Anthonia, Ph.D, Nigeria |
| Abstract: The study investigated Teachers’ age and educational qualification as Correlates of Students’ Academic Achievement in English Language in Senior Secondary Schools in Edo State. The correlational research design was used in this study. The population of the study covered all the three hundred and ten (310) public senior secondary schools, three hundred and twenty-seven (327) English Language teachers and thirty-four thousand five hundred and thirty-four (34,534) Senior Secondary School students (SSS) in Edo State. A total sample of 27 public secondary schools, 27 English Language teachers and 270 students was used as sample for the study. The multi-stage sampling method was used to arrive at the sample size in this study. The instrument Students’ English Language Achievement Test (SELAT) was used in the study. The Cronbach’s alpha reliability was used in the study. Hypotheses 1 to 2 were tested with Simple Linear Regression. The entire hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The results showed that there was a relationship between teachers’ age and educational qualification and students’ academic achievement in English Language in secondary schools in Edo State. It was recommended amongst others that mentorship platform should be created in schools to enable young English Language teachers learn the required pedagogy skills from the older teachers and long serving teachers who have acquired skills over the years. |
| Keywords: Teachers, Age, Educational Qualification, Student Academic Achievement, English Language. |
| DOI: https://doi.org/10.59009/ijlllc.2025.0126 PDF Download |