Evaluation of Teachers’ Competencies in Agriculturist Licensure Examination (ALE) Review Classes and Students’ Academic Performance: A Correlation Study

Abstract

The present research study was designed to investigate the influence of teachers’ competencies in the review classes of Agriculturist Licensure Examination (ALE) towards the academic performance of 124 enrolled students in Agusan del Sur State College of Agriculture and Technology (ASSCAT). The indicators under consideration for the teachers’ competencies were attendance, promptness, preparation, the relevance of topics, lecturer’s preparedness competence, and audience participation. The study used the correlational research design and a checklist on the evaluation of teachers’ competencies. The result revealed an overall students’ evaluation on their teachers’ competencies in handling review classes as very good. The students’ learning from ALE-review classes acquired a detailed and functional knowledge through exposure to complex problems without ready made solutions, which resulted to their academic performance averagely as satisfactory based on the ASSCAT grading system. Further, the study found out that the teachers’ competencies and students’ academic performance have a direct highly significant relationship. Thus, a recommendation in aiming to improve the students’ academic performance, the enhancement of teachers’ competencies should be taken into consideration.