RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEACHERS’ SELF-EFFICACY AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF STUDENTS AT SECONDARY LEVEL IN DISTRICT MUZAFFARABAD

Abstract

The study on teachers’ self-efficacy and its relation with academic achievements of students has piqued the interest of numerous researchers in the past few years. The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between teacher self-efficacy and academic achievements of students at secondary level in Muzaffarabad district. For this purpose, 250 secondary school teachers and their students in district Muzaffarabad had selected by using multi cluster sampling. Data were collected by using teacher efficacy scale (The Ohio State Teacher Efficacy Scale), developed by Tschannen-Moran and Hoy (2001) for teachers and to measure students’ academic achievements, the annual examination results of Mirpur Board (BISE AJK) of grade 10^th validated. Data were analyzed through Pearson Correlation. The results of the study depicted that teachers’ self-efficacy have significantly positive relationship with academic achievement of students. The research implications, limitations and recommendations for further researches have been provided.