Teachers' Communication Skills and Resourcefulness as Correlates of Secondary School Students' Academic Performance in Ekiti State

The study investigated the relationship between teachers’ communication skills and resourcefulness as correlates of secondary school students’ academic performance in Ekiti State. The descriptive survey research design was adopted in this study. The sample for the study consisted of 300 teachers from 30 public secondary schools in Ekiti State. The sample was selected using multistage sampling procedure. Two research instruments tagged “Teachers’ Communication Skills and Resourcefulness Questionnaire” (TCSRQ) and an inventory on Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination results were used to collect relevant data for the study. The face and content validity of the instrument was ensured by experts in the field of Educational Management. The reliability of the instrument was established using test-retest method within an interval of two weeks. Reliability coefficient value of 0.81 was obtained for TCSRQ was considered high enough for reliability. The data collected through the instruments were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The Hypotheses were tested using inferential statistics of Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that teachers’ communication skills and resourcefulness were significantly related to students’ academic performance in Ekiti State. It was recommended that teacher training Programs should be designed to focus on the development and enhancement of teachers’ communication and resourcefulness abilities.

Keywords: Teacher Communication skill, Resourcefulness, Secondary Education, Academic performance, Student,