EFFECT OF TEACHERS’ SELF-ESTEEM ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN JIBIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KATSINA STATE

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of teachers’ self-esteem on students’ academic performance in secondary school in Jibia Local Government area of Katsina State. Three research objectives, 3 research questions and 3 hypotheses were considered in the study. The study adopted a correlation survey design. Questionnaire and students’ performance test was used as instruments for data collection. The students’ performance test, titled (SPT) was designed in the field English language consisting of 16 items to rate the level of students’ academic performance and the structured questionnaire was developed by the researcher, titled Teachers’ Self-esteem Questionnaire (TSQ) which was used to elicit information on the level of teachers’ self-esteem. The study sample consists of sixty (60) secondary school teachers (32 male, 28 females) and one hundred (100) students. The data was analyzed using mean, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient statistics, independent T-test, and One-way ANOVA. The findings of the study revealed that there was significant positive correlation between teachers’ self-esteem and students’ academic performance, and there was no significant difference in the mean self-esteem scores of males over the female teachers, and also there was no significant difference in the self-esteem of teachers with regards to their area of specialization. Recommendation was made, that administrators of Educational institutions and teacher educators should boost up the morale of teachers to develop high self-esteem and make proper arrangements to facilitate the teachers to develop their teaching skills in accordance to the demands of the various students, among others.