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The Influence Of The Physical School Environment On The Academic Performance Of Secondary School Students
[A CASE STUDY OF ILORIN WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KWARA STATE.] -
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The first secondary school in Kwara State, as part of Northern Nigeria, is the Ilorin Government Secondary School, which was established in 1915. This school started as higher elementary school that was referred to as the provincial secondary school. The feeder school for this higher elementary school was the Okesuna primary school in Ilorin. When the Northern Nigeria Regional Government became well established a province in the North introduced Government Provincial Secondary School, which is also known as Teachers’ College.
The first Community Secondary School established in Kwara State was Offa Grammar School in 1943 followed by Oro Grammar School (1958) and Esie-Iludun Grammar School (1960); while the Christian missionaries built the Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA) in1944 and equally established ECWA Girls Secondary School, Omu-Aran in 1948. Bishop Smith Memorial College in Ilorin was founded in 1957.
The first Islamic Missionary School in the State is Ansarul Islam Grammar School, Ijomu – Oro (1950)followed by Ansarul Islam Secondary School, Ilorin(1971), Muslim Council College, Babaloma (1972), which were orchestrated through the establishment of Kwara State Teaching Service Commission in 1972. The Northern Nigeria regional government sited a Teacher College in Ilorin in 1953 and Queen Elizabeth Girls’ Secondary School was established in 1956. After the Nigerian independence of 1960, several communities’ secondary schools emerged between 1960 and 1979. In 1980 and 1990, communities and government collaborated in establishing a day secondary school system under the supervision of Kwara State Education Management Board (KWSEMB) that also managed primary education techniques in the state.
In 1990, Kwara State established unity secondary schools which operated a boarding system and also separated secondary schools tagged “science schoolsâ€. The Unity Schools are onboarding basis while the science schools are expected to give room mostly for science students from junior secondary sections.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACTThe academic performance of students is associated with several factors of which the physical environment of the school is a vital factor. Understanding this influence and the degree of impact is significant in devising means of improving the learning outcome of Students. This underlying phenomenon formed the basis for the conduct of a study in Ilorin Local Government Area (LGA). The study evaluated the influence of the School’s physical environment on academic performance of Stud ... Continue reading---
QUESTIONNAIRE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]APPENDIXQUESTIONNAIREInstruction: please tick appropriate option onlySECTION A: (STUDENT BASIC DEMOGRAPHICS)1. Sex of Student: (a) Male (b) Female2. Age of Student: (a) 10 yrs (b) 11-13 yrs (c) 14-16 yrs (d) above 16 yrs3. Class of Student: (a) JSS-1 (b) JSS-2 (c) JSS-3 (d) SSS-1 (e) SSS-2 (f) SSS-3SECTION B: (BASIC INFORMATION ON SCHOOL)4. School Categorization: (a) Private (b) Public5. School Localization: (a) Urban (b) Ru ... Continue reading---
TABLE OF CONTENTS - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]TABLE OF CONTENTSTitle page Certification Dedication Acknowledgement Abstract Table of contents CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTIONBackground to the study Statement of the problem Purpose of the study Significance of the study Scope of the study Research Questions Research Hypotheses Definition of key terms CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEWConcept of Environment Concept of Academic performance Physical ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]Scope of the StudyThe study will be limited to ten (10) Secondary schools in Ilorin West Local Government. The population for the study was drawn from five (5) public and five (5) private secondary schools using an acceptable scientific sample size determination technique from the total population of secondary school students in the ten (10) schools. Questionnaires were administered to students randomly. Insufficient financial resources and time were the major limitations and constraints to this ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER THREERESEARCH METHODResearch DesignThe research design for this study is descriptive survey research design, primarily concerned with findings, describing and interpreting the outcomes obtained. Umoru (2012) defined descriptive research as a research that determines and report the way things are. It involves assessing attitude or opinion toward individuals, organizations, events, or procedure. Descriptive studies consider sample from a population to discover incidences and ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 33 ]Testing of HypothesisFrom the table 41 above, items 1-4 are the t-test analysis on variables that are directly related to the influence of the physical environment of the School on students’ academic performance in Secondary Schools in Ilorin West Local Government Area. The calculated values of t-value of 2.067, 1.052, 0.762 and 1.131 at 249 degree of freedom were obtained as against 4.692, 3.117, 2965 and 2.788 calculated t-values respectively for each of the variables. Since the calcula ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER FIVESUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONSSummary of findings1. The result obtained through analysis pointed out that students were highly indifferent on the geographic settlement of the School as it relates to their academic performance. What affected them the most was the immediate environmental factors which constituted a major distraction to their learning just as it sometimes disrupt their academic schedules.2. It also identified the distance between Student’s ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]Owoeye, J.S. (2011). School Location and Academic Achievement of Secondary School in Ekiti State, Nigeria, Journal of Asian Social Science, vol.7, No.5.Odhiambo, G. (2015). Elusive search for Quality Education. The Case of Quality Assurance andTeacher Accountability. International Journal of Education Management, 22(5), 417-431.Oredein, A. O. &Oloyede, D. O. (2007). Supervision and Quality of Teaching Personnel Effects on Student Academic performance. Educational Research and Review, 2(3), 032-0 ... Continue reading---
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACTThe academic performance of students is associated with several factors of which the physical environment of the school is a vital factor. Understanding this influence and the degree of impact is significant in devising means of improving the learning outcome of Students. This underlying phenomenon formed the basis for the conduct of a study in Ilorin Local Government Area (LGA). The study evaluated the influence of the School’s physical environment on academic performance of Stud ... Continue reading---