EFFECT OF TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIP ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF CHEMISTRY STUDENTS (A CASE STUDY OF KANO METROPOLIS SECONDARY SCHOOLS)

The research titled “effect of teacher-student relationship on the academic performance of chemistry students”, the purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of teacher-student relationships on the academic performance of chemistry students, with a view to identifying strategies for improving teacher-student interactions and enhancing student outcome in chemistry education, this study adopts the use of questionnaire and interview in the collection of data, the instrument used for data collection was questionnaires which were administered personally by the researchers administered to secondary schools students within Kano metropolis. The responses were quite suggesting and revealing. The study employed a quantitative research design. However, among the major findings for this is that inadequate teachers, lack of qualified teachers, lack of school libraries and well-equipped laboratory were militating factors contributing to the students’ poor performance. This has made it difficult for the student to understand for instance chemistry-based subject, So recommendations were made at the end of the research on how to improve the teacher-student relationship, In the light of this research it is suggested that when recruiting for teaching the academic qualification along side with the attitude should be critically looked into. And teachers should keep themselves abreast with the current research in the field of chemistry so that they can have better idea about the basic factors involved in teaching chemistry.