The influence of teacher efficiency on the academic performance of grade 5 students in primary schools in Valikamam Education Zone, Sri Lanka

Our main national need is development. Quality improvement and management activities are essential for the development of any country. Education plays an important role in this and quality management is its result. Many major Asian countries, including Japan, which have recently developed rapidly, confirm that the country can be developed through proper educational activities even though natural resources are dwindling. Although a large amount of human and physical resources is invested in the education system as inputs, it is difficult to achieve a corresponding quality improvement. It is necessary to have an educational management process aimed at character development within the school system and a powerful continuous evaluation process as its main component. In that regard, the need for this study is felt as no studies have been conducted so far on the topic of the influence of teacher efficiency on ensuring educational quality. This is a quantitative study. Questionnaires were administered to 100 teachers teaching in Primary III 1 in 92 schools in the Valikamam Education Zone. Data were collected through interviews with principals, in-service teacher advisors, and primary education assistant education directors; they were organized and interpreted using descriptive statistics findings of the study are There is no difference between the categories regarding planning, implementation and evaluation of formal curriculum activities. That is, these are cited equally in all categories. There is a difference in carrying out formal curriculum activities according to the types of schools. That is, it can be concluded that there is no equality. The tendency to do the homework given to the students is seen to be low. The school community and education authorities should take the lead in developing the subject expertise of teachers. Subject expertise influences the effectiveness of teachers.