ABSTRACT

This study investigated the influence of teacher training and development programmes on students’ academic performance in Ilorin West LGA of Kwara State.

Simple random sampling method was used to select twenty secondary schools used as sample for the study. Also, 200 teachers were randomly selected as respondents to the questionnaire used for the study. Three null hypotheses were generated and tested using the Pearson product moment correlation statistic to analyse the data.

The results indicated that there well trained teachers significantly influence students’ academic performance.

Based on the findings, it was recommended amongst others that teachers should be trained and re-trained from time to time. They should also be given the opportunity to attend seminars, workshops and conferences so as to improve the academic standard of their students.