Effective method of teaching is a key to students’ high academic performances. However, many teachers are yet to realize this fact. This paper therefore, seeks to investigate impact of learner-centered method of teaching on students academic performances for national development in secondary schools in Abakaliki Municipality. A-10 item instrument tagged ‘Learner-Centered Method Questionnaire’ (LCMQ) was used to collect data for the study. Simple Random Sample Technique was used to select 80 teachers drawn from 10 public and private secondary schools in the study area. Also, quasi-experimental method was used to compare two teaching methods (teacher-centered method and learner-centered method) adopted in SSII A and SSII B classes of the sampled area, respectively. The findings of the study showed that students taught through learner-centered method perform better than those taught through teacher-centered method. Based on the findings, conclusion and recommendations were made to include that workshops, seminars and conferences should always be organized for teachers to help them acquire knowledge on the use of learner-centered method, schools should be well equipped to encourage teachers and students engage actively in the learner-centered method of teaching and so on.
