Teachers’ Innovative Practices and Secondary School Students’ Academic Performance in the Era of COVID-19 Pandemic in Ilorin Metropolis of Kwara State

• Published in: International Journal of Innovation in Teaching and Learning (IJITL) Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 61 - 72
• Main Authors: James Ojo, Dr. Olubukola, Oyeniran, Dr. Saheed
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 30.12.2023
• DOI: 10.35993/ijitl.v9i2.2918
• ISSN: 2664-2247

This research was carried out with the aim of finding out whether there exists a significant relationship between teachers’ innovative practices and secondary school students’ performance during the period of COVID-19 in the Ilorin metropolis, Kwara State. The research adopted a descriptive correlational design. There are 53 secondary schools in the Ilorin metropolis while 15 schools that fall within the Ilorin metropolis were randomly selected. The total population of the study is 16, 698 while the sample used for the study was 378 participants which was drawn from the principals, vice principals, heads of department, and subject specialists covered in the study. Two sets of instrument were used for this study which was tagged "Teachers’ Innovative Practices Questionnaire" (TIPQ) and "Students’ Performance Proforma" (SPP) in the 2020/2021 academic session in English Language, Mathematics, Biology, and Economics. In the study, two research questions and one hypothesis were formulated and tested using PPMCS at 0.05 significant level. Results from the analysis showed that there exists a significant relationship between teachers’ innovative practices and secondary school effectiveness. In line with the results, it was recommended that: teachers should improve upon their innovative practices to help the schools to achieve more effectiveness on students’ performance. Keywords:  Innovative Practices, Students’ Academic Performance, Secondary School