Effect of Teachers’ Qualification on Students’ Academic Performance at Public Secondary Schools in District Gwadar, Balochistan

Abstract

This research study intends to investigate effect of teachers’ qualification on students’ academic performance at public secondary schools in district Gwadar, Balochistan. According to Salman (2019) academic performance of the students depends upon their teacher’s qualifications as well as the professional qualification. Similarly, teachers,' professional qualifications are most effective for the school teachers to promote students learning effectively that different specializations are very significant and positively correlated to them (Salman, 2009). Different research studies has found teachers qualification and experience as an effective tool to grasp over the gaps of teaching and learning, the learning skills and characteristics of the learner can better be handled by a qualified and an experienced teacher (Jay et, al 2020). Present study investigates the teachers' qualifications that affect their students' academic performance. Furthermore, it is also investigated that weather well-qualified teachers with professional degrees have a positive relationship with student's academic performance at the secondary level (Kwon, Na Young, 2019).

Methodology: Descriptive survey design with quantitative approach was used to conduct this research study. Questionnaire was used as a tool to measure the response, questionnaire is used to learn more about a situation's factors or conditions as well as the phenomenon's current state (Key, 1997). The association between teacher credentials and academic performance was established in this study. 200 secondary school teachers, 30 public secondary schools, and the annual class 10th (2020–2021) test results were the study's target population. A sample size of 100 secondary teachers and 18 public secondary schools were determined using the Yamane formula. A questionnaire was developed to collect the data. Random sampling was used as a sampling technique.

Results: found that students who were taught by highly qualified teachers performed better than those who were taught by less qualified teachers. It was also shown that students who were taught by experts, performed better in teaching. The results also showed that the teacher's gender did not affect their ability to influence their knowledge. A well-qualified teacher can serve better in this field. Based on the results, it is recommended that teachers with higher professional qualifications should be recruited and employed to teach secondary school students .whereas, proper training for all teachers in the secondary school district Gwadar, Balochistan should be provided.