INFLUENCE OF TEACHERS' RELATED FACTORS AND STUDENTS' ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN BUSINESS STUDIES IN YAKURR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA

This study examine the Influence of Teachers’ Related Factors and Students’ Academic achievement in Business Studies, in Yakurr Local Government Area Of Cross River State, Nigeria. Three research questions and hypotheses were Jormulated to guide the study. The design adopted for this study is descriptive survey design. The population of this study 910 students and teachers offering Business Studies in the sixteen (16) public secondary schools in Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State. The simple random sampling technique was used in selecting the presentation sample of teachers who participated in the study. From ten (10) public schools, the ten selected school from the area are: community secondary school, Agoi, Ekori, Idomi, Ugep, Inyima. The sample consists of 10 Business Studies teachers and 110 students. Questionnaire and achievement test was use to obtained data which was analyzed using Simple linear regression analysis. All hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance, The findings of the Study were; There is a significant influence of teacher's qualification and students ‘academic performance in business studies, There is a significam relationship benween influence of teacher's age and student academic performance in business studies and Teacher's experience significantly predict students’ academic performance in business Studies. It was recommended that Government should ensure they employ teacher's with good qualification in order to boost Students’ academic performance in business studies, Government should not employ old teachers who are above SIXIy years of age to teach Business studies since age a significant relationship between teacher's and student academic performance in business Studies and Government should ensure they employ Teacher's who are experience to teach Business studies because it can significantly predict students academic performance in business studies.