INFLUENCE OF CHEMISTRY TEACHER S COMPETENCE ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KANO MUNICIPAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT KANO STATE, NIGERIA

The study examined the influence of chemistry teachers Competence on students Academic Achievement in Senior Secondary Schools of KMC Local Government Area Kano state. Descriptive research design was used in this Study. The target population comprises of 34 chemistry teachers out of which 14 teachers were selected as the sample of the study using random sampling technique. The Questionnaire was used as Instrument of the data collection as the result reveals that the highest percentage of response show that Teachers Competence in the field of chemistry positively influences students academic Achievement in chemistry. In the same vein, teachers who posses higher Competence in chemistry are more effective in delivering chemistry concept to students showing that 80% strongly agreed, 15%others agreed while no disagreed and strongly disagreed. Similarly, there is no relationship between gender and teacher Competence in chemistry among secondary School students in KMC Local Government Area Kano. The study finds that there is relationship between teachers qualification and students academic Achievement as agreed that competence chemistry teachers positively influences students academic Achievement those with higher qualification in chemistry are more effective in delivering chemistry concept to the students. Secondly, the study find that there is no relationship between gender and teacher Competence in chemistry among Secondary School Students in KMC Base on this findings, the absolute recommendations firstly is that, schools should focus on increasing the Competence of their chemistry teachers. Secondly, Schools should create a culture of collaboration and support for chemistry teachers and students like team teaching,peer observations and learning communities. The study provide a positive recommendation to teachers as well as government.