Teacher Quality and Student Performance of Selected Private Secondary Schools in Wadajir District Mogadishu, Somalia

ABSTRACT 

The study is about teacher Quality and students’ performance of selected private secondary schools in Wadajir district in Mogadishu, Somalia. The study examined the effectiveness of the teacher quality and student performance. The specific objectives of the study were to determine the profile of the respondents in terms of~ gender, age, academic qualifications, and work experience, to evaluate the teacher quality on student performance in terms of his/her qualifications, to examine the teacher quality on student performance in terms of teacher experience, to examine teacher quality on student performance in terms of teacher practice. The study used the cross sectional design together with the descriptive research techniques on a population of selected private secondary schools. The study used a questionnaire for data collection. The data collected was analyzed using SPSS by using tabulation, frequencies, mean, and percentage method analyses. The study found out that teacher quahty has a significance relationship with student performance. The study concluded that teacher quality is important in raising student performance which means that the teacher quality affects to the student performance. Also, Teachers employed according to their qualifications, meaning that qualified teacher has better performance about the relevant subject than less qualified teachers. Teachers’ years of teaching are important in raising student performance, and a teacher who has experience interacts with the students and pay attention to them in the class. The study recommended that the teachers need to acquire more training skills for teaching quality to overcome the discrepancies in the use of teacher quality. However, teachers should be properly trained. Therefore, it is recommended to revise the existing teachers training programs with respect to admission criteria, curriculum, teaching practice.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Declaration A

Declaration B

Dedication

Acknowledgements iv

Abstract V

Table of Contents vi

Chapter Page

One THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE 1

Background of the Study 1

Statement of the problem 3

Purpose of the study 3

Research objectives 4

Research Questions 4

Hypothesis 5

Scope 5

Significance of the study 5

Operational Definitions of Key Terms 7

Conceptual Frame Work 8

Two REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 9

Introduction 9

Theoretical Perspectives 9

Related Studies 10

Three METHODOLOGY 22

Research design 22

Research Population 22

Sample size 23

Sampling Procedure 23

Research Instrument 23

Validity and Reliability of the Instrument 24

Data Gathering Procedure 24

Data Analysis 25

Ethical Considerations 25

Limitations of the Study 26

FOUR THE PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA 27

Introduction 27

Demographic Information of the school management and teachers

respondents 27

Demographic information of the students’ responses 30

Level of teacher quality 31

Students’ performance 36

Relationship between teacher quality and students’ performance 38

FIVE DISCUSSION, CONCULUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 39

Introduction 39

Discussions of the research findings 39

Conclusions 44

Recommendations 45

Areas of Further Research 45

REFERENCES 46

APPENDICES 49

APPENDIX I: Questionnaire for school management and teachers 49

APPENDIX II: Questionnaire for students 53

APPENDIX III: Transmittal letter 57

APPENDIX IV: Interpretation of means 58

APPENDIX V: Curriculum Vitae 59