Abstract
The study was to determine the teachers’ perception on factors affecting writing skills of Nigeria child. The study was restricted to the primary schools within the geographical territory of Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra state Nigeria. The design of this study is a description survey design. The population of the study comprised all the 314 primary school teachers in 41 government owned primary schools in Orumba South Local Government Area, Anambra State. The sample of the study consisted of 154 teachers out of 314 teachers and 21 primary schools out 41 primary schools in Orumba South L.G.A. Simple random sampling techniques (using balloting method) was used to select out teachers used as sample. The instrument used for the study was questionnaire. While method of data analysis mean. The major findings showed that: inadequate instructional materials, poor teacher/pupils relationship, engaging unqualified teachers to teach the concept of writing skills, insufficient time allocation to teach writing skills, poor health and nutritional status of pupils among other things. Influence pupils’ writing skills in public primary schools in Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra state. From the study, the following recommendations were made which include: teachers and parents should also inculcate the habit of motivating and encouraging pupils with good writing skills, respective school management must allocate enough time to teach, practical writing skills, to enable teachers dig deep into the subject matter before the allocated time elapses, various schools management should ensure that a recommended teacher/pupils ratio per class is always maintained. This enables a teacher to carry all the pupils in a class along during lessons.