TEACHERS’ ATTRITION AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF ECONOMICS STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

The study examined the relationship between teachers’ attrition and academic achievement of economics students in public secondary schools in Anambra state. The study was guided by three research question and three null hypotheses stated at 0.05 level of significant. The study adopted a correlational design. The population of this study consisted of 19,007 SS 11 students of the public secondary schools in the six Education Zones in Anambra state. A sample of 588 students were used in the study. Stratified and simple random sampling technique were used to draw the sample. The researcher used the teachers’ attrition questionnaire for collection of data, while the last term average scores of the students were used to measure their academic achievement. The instrument was subjected to face and construct validity. The reliability of the instrument was obtained using Cronbach Alpha Coefficient and the result yielded a coefficient value of 0.89.  The data collected were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient for research question and hypotheses. Results showed that there exist a negative and significant relationship between teachers’ attrition and academic achievement of public economics secondary students in Anambra state. Based on the findings of this study, the researcher recommended among others that: The government should improve on teachers’ enumeration which will reduce teachers’ attrition and increase retention; the ministry of education should increase the number of employed teachers which will help in reducing the teachers’ workload and thereby improve the academic achievement of the students.