International Research Journal of Education and Technology

The study investigates teachers demographic determinants and primary six pupils achievement in Integrated Science in Ogoja Education Zone in Cross River State, Nigeria. Due to the ongoing nature of the study, the survey research design of the ex-post facto type was adopted for the study using a sample of 108 primary six pupils drawn from a population of 1080 pupils in primary six. The study adopted the stratified random sampling techniques and the instrument for data collection was a researchers development instrument titled “Teachers Demographic Determinants and Primary Six Pupils Achievement in Integrated Questionnaire (TDDISQ) was subjected to three expert scrutiny who are from the Department of Educational Foundations and Science Education at the Cross River State University of Technology respectively. The validation was done with 40 pupils outside the study area with Cronbach alpha reliability index which ranged from .76 to .84 which implies that the instrument was reliable for data collection. The statistical tool used for analyzing the instrumentis Pearsons Product Moment correlational statistics and the outstanding findings showed thatdemographic determinantssuch as; motivation, self-concept andgender significantly influence pupilsacademic achievement in Integrated Sciences. It was recommended that government should tackle all negative factors affecting teachers in the teaching of science-related courses especially in integrated sciences in primary schools in Ogoja.

Keywords:Teachers, Demographic, Determinants, Achievement and Integrated Science