Accessing Work Environment and Teachers Training on Academic Performance of Students in Nasarawa Secondary Schools

Abstract

This study assessed work environment and teachers training on academic performance of students in
Nasarawa secondary schools. The study objectives were to find out the influence of teachers’ working
environment and training and retaining teachers on students’ academic achievement in Nasarawa state
public senior secondary schools. Descriptives survey design was employed in the study in gathering data.
The instrument of data collection was the Questionnaire on Teacher Motivation and Students’ Academic
Achievement (QOTMASAA). The study sample consist of 249 teachers and 357 SS2 students from across
26 public senior secondary schools in Nasarawa State. The collected data were analysed using frequency
count and simple percentages in answering the research questions while chi-square statistics was used to
test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that that teachers’ working
environment and teachers’ training played a significant role in academic achievement of students in
Nasarawa state. Based on this result, it was therefore recommended among others that teachers should
be provided with the right infrastructures, staff quarters/lodge, laboratories, instructional materials/teaching
resources and equipped library in other to improve the working conditions in secondary schools.