Teacher Quality Factors and Pupils' Achievement in Mathematics in Primary Schools of Kyondo Sub-county, Kasese District, Uganda

Seminar paper from the year 2018 in the subject Didactics - Mathematics, grade: 6, Mountains of the Moon University, language: English, abstract: According to the National Assessment Program in Education (NAPE) report (2015), pupils' proficiency (achievement) level in mathematics (numeracy) is low at primary six. Also teachers are essential to pupils' achievement in mathematics; their characteristics such as commitment, qualification, teaching abilities are significant to pupils' levels of achievement. The success or failure of any academic program depends largely on the teacher ability to deliver which is a function of teachers' qualification, experience, and commitment. This study examined the teachers' quality factors that are thought to affect pupils' achievement in mathematics in primary six. The study used teachers and pupils, to obtain data, a total of 70 respondents were randomly selected from five primary schools of Kyondo sub-county, Kasese district. Basing on the findings of the study, it was revealed that first, the teachers' qualification and experience are not significant to pupils' level of achievement in mathematics. While teachers' level of commitment is highly significant to the pupils' level of achievement in mathematics. Therefore the low level of pupils' achievement in mathematics at primary in Kyondo sub-county is mainly as a result of low levels of teacher commitment to classroom activities.