Abstract

• The main aim of the study was to study the impact of teachers’ characteristics on the academic achievement of Grade 11 students. It explored (8) teachers’ characteristics (enthusiasm, warmth and humor, credibility, holding high expectation for success, encourage and support, businesslike, adaptability/flexibility and knowledgeability). The participants in the study were 400 Grade 11 students from five Basic Education High Schools and three Basic Education High Schools (Branch) in Salin Township. Survey method was used in the study. The questionnaire used in the study was the teachers’ characteristics questionnaire. As for students’ academic achievement, the total marks of each student from the first semester examination were used. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, independent samples t-test and Pearson product moment correlation. The results revealed that most of the senior teachers possessed good teachers’ characteristics. The ANOVA results showed that teachers’ characteristics were significantly different among schools. The independent samples t-test results showed students’ perceptions of teachers’ characteristics were significantly different in terms of gender. Moreover, it was also found that students’ perceptions of teachers’ characteristics were significantly different, except teachers’ adaptability/ flexibility in terms of school type. Pearson product moment correlation showed that teachers’ characteristics had a significant positive relationship with students’ academic achievement.