THE INFLUENCE OF SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN EKITI STATE

ABSTRACT

 The study was carried out to investigate the influence of school environment on academic achievement of business education students in public Universities in Ekiti State. The design of the study is descriptive while the population comprised students of the two institutions selected. The sample size for the study was 100 respondents while a researchers’ self-developed questionnaire formed the instrument for data collection. Three experts validated the instrument and a cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient method was employed to ensure the reliability of the instrument. Four research questions and three null hypotheses guided the study; while student t-test statistics was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significant. A review of empirical studies was carried out to guide the researcher into previous studies in the area and also to provide the researcher with the theoretical base. A 29-item questionnaire was used to get information from the respondents. Based on the data collected and analyzed, the following results were obtained. That staff office, classroom spaces for teaching students and staff common room represented the major areas that to a great extent affect the academic achievement of students in public schools, with regard to buildings. It was also revealed that desks, current books and presence of library assistants constituted the areas of influence to the academic achievement of the students with regard to library services in the public secondary schools. Both the principals and teachers agreed that access to reading materials in the school, lack of facilities, and nearness to school and in sufficient qualified teachers very greatly affect the academic achievement of the students. Inadequate teaching materials were also noted as a major factor affecting the students’ academic achievement. The two groups also shared common views in terms of the great influence of school health services, fencing of school for security and provision of power supply as important variable affecting the academic achievement of the students of public secondary schools. Based on the above, the researcher recommends that schools should be provided with functional libraries, equipped with current reading materials to help enhance both the students’ academic achievement and the teachers’ effectiveness in academic activities in the school.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE                                                                                                                         i

APPROVAL PAGE                                                                                                               ii

CERTIFICATION                                                                                                                 iii

DEDICATION                                                                                                                       iv

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS                                                                                                   v

TABLE OF CONTENTS                                                                                                       vii

ABSTRACT                                                                                                  x

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

Background to the Study

Statement of the problem

Purpose of the study

Research Questions

Research Hypotheses

Significance of the Study 

Scope of the Study

Definition of Terms

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW

Conceptual Framework

Concept of School Environment     

School Infrastructural Facilities and Students’ Academic Performance 

School Location and Students’ Academic Performance

Schools Equipment/Instructional Materials and Students Academic Performance  

Physical Resources and Academic Performance

Financial Resources and Academic Performance

Human Resource and Academic Performance

Learning techniques and Academic Performance

Theoretical Framework      

Skinnerian Environmental Theory  

Bandura’s Social Learning Theory

Review of Empirical Studies

Summary of Literature Review       

CHAPTER THREE

RESEARCH METHOD

Research design

Population of the study

Sample and sampling techniques

Instrument for data collection

Validation of the instrument

Reliability of the instrument

Method of data collection

Method of data analysis

CHAPTER FOUR

RESULTS

Test of Hypotheses

Discussion of Findings

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 

Summary of the Study

Conclusion

Implication of the Study

Recommendations

Suggestions for Further Studies

REFERENCE

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