TEACHERS STRENGTH AND QUALITY AS A PANACEA TO THE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT OF A CHILD IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN ABIA STATE

Abstract

This paper investigated teachers strength and quality as a panacea to the educational achievement of a child in primary schools in  Abia  State. One research questions and one hypothesis in correspondent to research purposes guided the study, The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The area cover all Primary Schools in Abia State. This is because of the persistent examination malpractice in public secondary schools in the state. Abia State consists of seventeen (17) local government areas grouped into three education zones . the  population of the study was four hundred and eighty four thousand two hundred and fifty nine (484, 259) The total sample size for the study is 668 respondents. A multistage sampling technique was used. The instrument was validated by three experts.  Cronbach alpha/coefficient was used to establish the reliability of the instrument. The reliability coefficient 0.89 was obtained for the instrument. Five research assistants were used by the researcher in the administration and collection of copies of the questionnaire from the respondents through direct delivery. Mean and standard deviation were employed to answer the research questions