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The teachers’ professionalism is closely related to school performance, especially students’ success in academic, co-curriculum or personality. Teacher competence is considered the most effective medium for educating students in schools. In context of education in Malaysia, student success focuses on three elements, namely academic, co-curriculum and personality. The study was conducted to examine the level of teachers’ professionalism and students’ success and the relationship between the two variables. The study roped into a sample of 374 from 85 secondary schools. They were inquired to respond to the questionnaire based on Malaysian Teacher Standard (2009) and the 2nd Wave of Malaysian Curriculum Quality Standards (SKPMg2), focusing on the fifth Standard which is Student Success. The findings showed that the level of teachers’ professionalism and students’ success were recorded very high. For teachers’ professionalism, the sub-dimensions of knowledge and understanding scored the highest mean. It shows that there was a significant relationship between teachers’ professionalism and students’ success. These findings also show that the teachers’ professionalism had a significant impact on students’ success.
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To Cite this Article: Zakaria, I. B., Nor, M. Y. B. M., & Alias, B. S. B. (2021). The Effect of Teachers’ Professionalism on Students’ Success. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(1), 483–500.
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