THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEACHERS LEADERSHIP STYLE AND STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (ACHIEVEMENT) A CASE STUDY OF YERWA GOVERNMENT GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL MAIDUGURI BORNO STATE.

Abstract

The study was carried out on the relationship between teachers leadership style and students academic performance in government secondary schools in Maiduguri, Borno State , the researchers looked deep into the concept of leadership style and how it affect them positively or negatively. The way manner teachers behave is what is termed as leadership style. Under this leadership style, four major types where discussed namely; altercative autocratic, benevolent-autocratic, Laissez-Faire and democratic twenty (20) items questionnaire for the research were designed and the data obtained was analyzed based on simple frequency distribution and percentage. A total number of one hundred (100) students were randomly sampled for the study comprising one hundred (100) female students. The twenty (20) items questionnaire was administered to obtain data on the four (4) teacher’s leadership style. There are five (5) different questionnaire making a total of fifty (50) questionnaire were administered. The result of the study should show that the leadership style of a teacher seriously affect the academic performance of the students both. Positively and negatively the result further showed that democratic leadership style of teachers has profile impact and enhances student’s academic performance or achievement while the other types of leadership style affect the student’s academic performance negatively.