TEACHERS QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCES AS CORRELATES OF PUPILS PERFORMANCES IN PRIMARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS IN OGUN STATE.

This study examined teachers’ qualification and experiences as correlates of pupils’ performances in primary school Mathematics in Abeokuta South local government area of Ogun State. A total of 120 pupils made up of Twenty (20) pupils each from Six (6) primary schools (public and four private) were randomly selected, as well as Mathematics teachers that are holders of first degree only, N.C.E and those with non-teaching qualifications and with more than ten (10) years’ experiences were used as samples for the study. A quasiexperimental design, where a self developed and standardized questionnaire and a Mathematics test items that were pilot tested to obtain a reliability level of 0.76 and 0.69, guided by three (3) research questions and two (2) hypotheses and tested at 0.05 level of significance, were used as instruments for data collection. The data collected were statistically analyzed using the t-test statistical tool. The outcomes rejected the two null hypotheses from the result gotten and compared with the level of pupils’ performance in a the data collected. conclusion was reached and necessary recommendation was made that the study recommended further studies on student interest, teachers motivation, conductive environment be improved on as they are some of the factors determining success of pupils in primary Mathematics.