ABSTRACT

Abstract

Contributions of Arab countries to world civilisation, culture and education cannot be over emphasised. This can be linked to African students' admission to study various courses in their universities, especially Islamic Studies. In respect of this statement, this study therefore examined Arabian Countries Graduate Islamic Studies Teachers and secondary school students' academic performance in Ilorin, Nigeria. Purposive sampling technique was adopted to select forty-five (45) principals and one hundred and thirty-five (135) vice principals which totalled one hundred and eighty (180) respondents from all the seventy-seven (77) senior secondary schools in Ilorin, Nigeria. Three researcher-designed Questionnaires was used to collect relevant information from the respondents. Statistics of mean was used to answer all the three research questions. The findings revealed that medium of communication of Islamic Studies teachers who graduated from Arab countries and their teaching methods have significant impact on Islamic Studies secondary school students' performance in Ilorin, Nigeria. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that Ministry of Education and other educational stakeholders should organise regular English language refresher course for Islamic Studies teachers who graduated from Arab countries in order to improve their English language speaking, writing and reading skills.