Published Article

The study investigated the relationship between teachers’ professional competences and students’ academic performance in basic science in secondary schools in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The researcher utilized the correlational research design in this study. The target population of the study consisted of all the 2,312 Public Senior Secondary school students (SS11) in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State during the 2022/2023 academic year. The sample size of the study consisted of 200 students offering chemistry drawn from eight (8) public secondary schools in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State obtained through multi-stage sampling technique. The research instruments used for the collection of data for the study was Teachers’ Professional Competences Questionnaire (TPCQ) and Chemistry Performance Test (CPT). The questionnaire contained twenty items, (five items per domain). The Chemistry Performance Test (CPT) contained twenty objective questions with option A-D. all the instrument was validated by experts in test and measurement. Split- half reliability method was used in this study and the reliability of the two instruments stood at 0.82 and 0.79 respectively and they were deemed adequate for the study. The data collected from the instruments was analyzed using Pearsons’ Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) statistics and the result from the data analysis indicated that there is a significant relationship between teachers’ professional competences and students’ academic performance in basic science in secondary schools in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. One of the recommendations was that government (Ministry of Education) should provide enough instructional resources to enhance updates of teacher knowledge for proper implementation of chemistry curriculum.