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at is the relationship between teacher qualities and pupil results or achievement in principles of Accounting at Sencor Secondary school level ! in government Zambia ? Schools in

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Teaching on the other hand, facilitates learning. Research has established the positive relationship between quality teaching and learning and schools’ overall educational effectiveness (Scheerens and Bosker, 1997; Hill and Rowe, 1998). A review of Teacher Effectiveness Research (TER) reveals that most characteristics or features of effective teachers include some of the following: enthusiasm and creativity, ability to communicate ideas effectively, ability to create a learning environment for diverse learners, ability to work well with colleagues and parents among others (OECD, 2005). In the UK, teachers’ contribution towards student attainment has been emphasized. The combination of teachers’ professional characteristics, teaching skills and classroom environment has been found to facilitate academic excellence (Sammons and Bakkum, 2011). In Zambia, Mbozi (2008), notes that the threatening attitudes of some teachers towards pupils could be 44 facilitating poor performance. The autocratic tendencies by some teachers make pupils fail to participate in daily classroom activities.