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SCHOOL VARIABLES AS DETERMINANTS OF STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EBONYI STATE, NIGERIA.
ABSTRACT
The study investigated school variables as determinants of students’ academic performance in public secondary schools in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Three research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 5,676 teachers in public secondary schools in Ebonyi State. Four hundred (400) teachers in public secondary schools constituted the sample of the study. Proportionate stratified random sampling technique was used to select the sample size. A four point structured 15-item rating scale questionnaire titled, “School Variables Questionnaire (SVQ)”, was constructed by the researcher and used to collect data for the study. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer research questions while chi-square (x2) test statistic was used to test the hypotheses at 0.005 level of significance. The study revealed that there was a significant influence of infrastructural facilities, class-size and school location on students’ academic performance in public secondary schools in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. It was recommended among other things that there should be schools and communities partnership and collaborations in the provision and maintenance of infrastructural facilities as there would complement the efforts of the government in enhancing quality education.
Keywords: School variable; Infrastructural Facilities, Class-size and School Location.