THE EFFECT OF IN-SERVICE TEACHER EDUCATION ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCES OF PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN KWANDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BENUE STATE.

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CHAPTER ONE

1.0 INTRODUCTION

Inservice education refers to an activity which involves schooling and working at the same time.

The effect of inservice education to the teacher cannot be over emphasized; this is more so when one considers the need to grapple with new trends in raiding techniques and the dynamic nature of knowledge as it affect the subject matter to be taught to learners.

There are various ways by which inservice could organize education for teachers instructional effectiveness. These include organizing refresher courses and school plant level.

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Kwande local government actually is a colonial administrative name of Tiv ward UKONDOGH which literally translated as mountain dwellers because of its high topography, and was formally part of KatsinaAla division. It was created by General Murtala Mohammed administration in 1976 with Adikpo as the administrative headquarts. It comprises of Nanev, Usar, ShangevYa, IkyuravYa and Turan district four clans. The local government has fifteen council wards and is bounded in the west by Vandeikya local government, in the south by the cross river state in the east by the republic of Cameroon and in the North West by KatsinaAla and Ushongo local governments respectively.

It also shares a common boundary with Taraba state to the Northeast. Kwande local government is the transitional belt between the tropical rain forest of the south and open grassland savannah, vegetation of the north. The entire people of Kwande local government are Christians these include the Roman Catholic and the protestants.

Kwande local government area is blessed with a number of large markets in the territory, prominent among them include Adikpo, Adagi, Ajio, Ichor, Ikyogen, JotoAka, Anwase, Abande, Achid, etc. in all the markets all these products mentioned above are sold in large quantity.

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Inservice training was set up as a result of government pronouncement that by the year 2000 the least qualification of teacher in primary school will be NCE Nigeria certificate in education. It was because of this that every teacher want to obtain this certificate and in order to get it, many teachers are attending inservice training.

Due to some problems, not all teachers can go in for regular courses; consequently, there is need for them to merge courses in the inservice training programme.

1.3 RESEARCHERS INTEND TO ASK THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

i. Is there real need for inservice education for teachers

ii. How do we organize inservice training so that it will not interfere with the primary school programme

iii. How do we determine those that will go in for inservice training at a given time

iv. How do we determine the teacher inservice educational programme

v. What will be the duration of the inservice education programme

vi. Who funds the academic training

vii. How do we ensure that teachers use the knowledge gained during inservice training to improve the academic performance of the pupils

1.4 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY

The researcher has a number of reasons for writing this project work. Some of the objectives this project is made to serve include the following

i. To sensitize primary school teachers on the need for the inservice training.

ii. To make teachers in particular and the general public to develop a positive attitude towards inservice education.

iii. To provide a working tool for policy makers and education planners who are charged with the responsibility for inservice education.

1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The research work is vital in the following ways

i. The study will investigate the effect of inservice teachers education on the academic performance of primary school pupils.

ii. The project work will also serve as a reference material to other researchers that may intend to undertake a similar work on effect of inservice education on academic performance of primary school pupils.

1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY

Due to the fact that the number of primary schools in kwande local government area is very large and also considering the time factor and financial constraint the researcher only limited his study to eight 8 primary schools selecting two 2 schools each from the four Clans of Kwande local government of Benue state.