Influence of Teachers Development Programmes on Students Academic Performances in Chemistry: a Case Study of Ethiope East Local Government of Delta State

Influence of teachers development programmes on students academic performance in chemistry using selected secondary schools in Ethiope East Local Government Area Of Delta State. In the study, relevant and related literature was reviewed under sub headings. The descriptive research survey design was applied in the assessment of the respondents' opinions, with the use of the questionnaire and the sampling technique. In this study, two hundred respondents were selected randomly through the application of the stratified random selection method to represent the entire population of the study. Five null hypotheses were formulated and tested with the use of the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient tool at 0.05 level of significance. Results indicate that: a significant relationship exists between teachers development and students' academic performance in the school, a significant relationship exists between teachers' teaching method and students' academic performance, teachers' educational qualification had a statistically significance relationship with students' academic performance, there is a significant relationship between teachers' years of teaching and students' academic performance and it was revealed that a significant relationship exists between teachers' attitude and performance. students' academic The following recommendations were made by the researchers at the end of the study, teachers should always endeavour to teach well in the school, knowing that, they are the people that are responsible for the moulding and changing the characters of the children in the school. and students should be responsive to their teacher's instruction.