INFLUENCE OF TEACHERS’ EXPERIENCE ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS IN HOME ECONOMICS IN ESAN WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE

Abstract

This study was to find out the influence of teachers experience on the academic achievement of students in Home Economics in Esan West local Government Area of Edo State. The descriptive survey design was used for this study. The population was the 3,012 students and 16 Home Economics teachers in the 16 public junior secondary schools in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State. Using the purposive sample technique 16 Home Economics Junior Secondary Schools teachers and 320 students formed the sample for the study. The instruments used for the study are the Teachers Experience Questionnaire (TEQ) and Home Economics Achievement Test (HEAT). To analyze the data, the descriptive statistics tools, which were mean and standard deviation were utilized to analyze the research question while the hypothesis was tested with inferential statistics which was the t-test at .05 level of significance. One of the findings of this study is that teachers with high experience in teaching Home Economics had a higher mean score than their counterpart with low experience.  Based on the findings, researchers recommend among others that government should encourage teachers through incentives such as promotion, increase in salaries and annual workshops so as to retain them for longer stay in the teaching profession.