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Impact Of School Environment On Students’ Pyschosocial Development And Academic Performance
[A CASE STUDY OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN IKEJA LOCAL GOVERNMENT]
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1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
All
schools in Nigeria are situated at various places by private
individuals, government, corporate and religious organizations. Thus,
the process of teaching and learning takes place under different
environment.
Every school owns different kind of facilities and
classroom structures at varying efficiency level. All students are
expected to sit for the same examination at the final year of either
their junior or senior secondary school education (Junior Secondary
School Certificate Examination at junior level and Senior School
Certificate Examination at senior level). Uniform academic performance
is also expected to be achieved among the students since they were
taught with similar syllabus and curriculum.
In reality, some
students in some schools perform better than their counterparts in other
schools. This indicates there are peculiar determinants that influence
the success or failure of students in examinations. A particular example
of such determinants is the school environment. Students taught in a
conducive environment tend to perform better than their peers taught in
an uncomfortable environment. To this end, it is apt to examine the
impact of school environment on the academic performance of students and
on their psychosocial development.
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The
main objective of the study is to examine the impact of school
environment on students’ academic performance and psychosocial
development in Nigeria using a case study of secondary students in Ikeja
local government area of Lagos state.
The specific objectives of the study are:
To ascertain the extent to which the quality of physical school environment affects students’ academic performance.
To assess the extent to which school location affects students’ academic performance.
To find out the extent to which school facilities and equipments affects students’ academic performance.
To
explore the extent to which school environment influences students’
psychosocial development by considering factors like peer pressure,
self-esteem, depression and parenting style.
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The questions of interest raised in study include:
What is the impact of the physical school environment on students’ academic performance?
What is the impact of school location on students’ academic performance?
What is the impact of school facilities and equipments on students’ academic performance?
What is the effect of school environment on students’ psychosocial development?
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Among the predictors of students’ academic performance and psychosocial development is the degree of comfortability and conduciveness of school environment. The study examined the impact of school environment on students’ academic performance and psychosocial development in Nigeria using a case study of secondary students in Ikeja Local Government. The survey design in collaboration with the purposive sampling technique was used to select 120 secondary school students from 10 selec ... Continue reading---
