Teacher Qualification, Teaching Experience and Students’ Achievement in Literature-in-English: Evidence From Secondary Schools in Benue State, Nigeria

This study investigated “Teacher Qualification, Teaching Experience and Students’ Achievement in Literature-in-English: Evidence from Secondary Schools in Benue State, Nigeria”. Two objectives and two research questions guided the study. While two hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. A descriptive survey research design was adopted and used for the study. The study adopted two theoretical frameworks: Person-Environment fit theory by Kurt Lewin (1935) and Elger's Theory of Academic Performance (2007). The population of the study was all students who offer Literature-in-English in North-East Senatorial District of Benue state, 2025/2026 academic session from 137 Secondary Schools in North-East Senatorial District of Benue State. The sample size was 153 Literature-in-English teachers and 100 students in the selected secondary schools in North-East Senatorial District of Benue State. Two instruments-Teacher’s Variables Questionnaire (TVQ) and Literature Achievement Test (LAT) were developed by the researchers and used for data collection. Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation of scores were used to answer the research questions, while the null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using Analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results indicated a compelling relationship between teachers' qualification levels and students' academic achievement in Literature-in-English within the North-East Senatorial District of Benue State, Nigeria. The study recommended that state government and secondary school proprietors/proprietresses in Benue State should employ qualified Literature-in-English teachers to enhance secondary students’ achievement Literature-in-English.