Factors affecting students’ academic performance and teachers’ efficiency in Ghana; a case study of Wa senior high school

Abstract

The overarching goal of every academic institution is to achieve high academic performance among students, which is also largely dependent on the efficiency of teachers. In light of that, this study sought to examine the factors affecting students’ academic performance and teachers’ efficiency in Ghana, using Wa Senior High School as a Case Study. One hundred and sixty (160) students and 20 teachers were sampled for the study. The Kendall Coefficient of Concordance was used to estimate the level of agreement among the students and teachers in their ranking of factors affecting their self-perceived academic performance and level of efficiency, respectively. The study revealed that personal factors, educational support systems, and access to resources were significant factors that affected students’ academic performance. Similarly, teachers’ efficiency was affected by the teachers’ self-efficacy, students’ cooperation, effective supervision by authorities, and good motivation and condition of service. The study recommends that school authorities intensify mentorship and guidance to students, improve the working conditions of teachers, and provide the needed facilities that will aid teaching and learning.

Keywords

• Academic performance
• developing countries
• high school
• students’ academic performance
• students’ learning outcome
• teachers’ efficiency