LECTURERS’ WORKLOAD AS A CORRELATE OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS IN HISTORY AND POLICY OF EDUCATION IN KWARA STATE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION

Reports have shown that lecturers are burdened with both academic and non academic works in College of education without commensurate welfare packages. In view of this the current research work investigated lecturers’ workload as correlate academic achievement of students in History and Policy of Education in Kwara State Colleges of Education. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The instrument used for the study was titled Lecturers’ as correlate of Academic Achievement of students Rating Scale (LWOAASRS). The population of the study was all the lecturers teaching History and Policy of Education in all the Colleges of education in Kwara State. The simple random sampling technique was used to select ten lecturers from public Colleges of Education in Kwara State and five lecturers from private Colleges of Education respectively. The total number of respondents for the study was forty. Three research questions were raised and answered. The percentage was used to analyze the data collected from the respondents. The findings revealed that lecturer’s excessive workload affect academic achievement of students, that lecture’s less workload affect academic achievement of students in History and Policy of Education and that lecturers’ workload affect the effectiveness of lecturer in history and policy of education in Kwara State Colleges of Education. The study concluded that lecturer’s workload has a great role in determining academic achievement of students. The study recommended that College management should not allocate more than four units course in a week to a lecturer among others.