In this study, the researcher investigated teachers' recruitment as determinant of the academic achievement of students in public secondary schools in Imo state. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study consisted of 360 principals of public secondary schools in the study area. The sample size comprised the 360 principals that make up the population of the study because of the size of

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... the population. A 10-item questionnaire titled, "Teachers' Recruitment as Determinant of the Academic Performance of Students' in Public Secondary Schools in Imo State Questionnaire (TRDAPSPSSIMQ)" was used to collect data from respondents. The instrument was validated by three experts, two from the Department of Educational Management and Policy and one from the Department of Education Foundations, all in the Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. The instrument consisted of two sections A and B with an average correlational value of 0.84 which was considered high enough for the instrument to be reliable. The reliability of the instrument was obtained through a pilot-test and analysis by cronbach alpha. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to answer the research questions and test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. In testing the hypotheses, if p < value was greater than 0.05, the hypothesis was accepted, when it is otherwise, it was rejected. The finding of the study among others was that most public secondary schools in the study area are understaffed and this affects the academic performance of students. It was therefore recommended that the Teaching Service Commission should recruit competent teachers and post to secondary schools in the state to enhance the academic performance of students in public secondary schools in Imo State.