International Journal of Engineering and Information Systems (IJEAIS)   Year: 2022 | Volume: 6 | Issue: 9 | Page No.: 75-82 Teacher Quality and Work Environment as Determinant Of Secondary School Students' Academic Performance in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State Nigeria Download PDF Atsuwe Bernard Aondofa, Nyinya Matthew Abstract: This study investigated teachers' quality and work environment as determinant of students' academic performance in secondary schools in makurdi LGA of Benue state. The study was carried out in five choice senior secondary schools which were done randomly. Research questions were raised and answered and hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. A research based on survey research design was adopted. The population for this study consisted of 150 teachers and students in the randomly selected secondary schools in makurdi local government area of Benue state. The questionnaire was used for data collection. The analysis of the result was carried out through the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The results showed that we have a very high number of qualified teachers in schools and that the level of academic performance of the students' was average. Recommendation was given among others that principals should organize workshops for training and retraining their teachers in order to enhance their quality so as to reflect the true picture in the academic performance of students.