Benue State University, Makurdi

SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ENUGU EDUCATION ZONE

Amaechina, Uche Obumneme PhD
Department of Educational Management and Policy, Federal College of Education (technical), Umunze, Anambra State.

Ezeh, Stella C. PhD
Department of Educational Foundations, School of Education, Federal College of Education (Technical), Umunze, Anambra State.

Abstract

The study focused on school environment and academic performance of secondary school students in Enugu education zone. The population for the study comprised all the 291 Principals (184 Urban 107 Rural) in public secondary school in Enugu education zone. A simple random sampling technique was used in the selection of 58 principals (37 urban and 21 rural) for the study which was about 20% of the total population. The instruments consisted of 13 items used to elicit information relevant to the problem investigated. The data for the study was gathered with a questionnaire titled “School Environment and Academic Performance of Secondary Schools Questionnaire (SEAPSSQ)”. The instrument was validated with a reliability co-efficient established at 0.76. A criterion mean of 2.50 was also established to analyze the questionnaire. Thus, responses with mean of 2.50 and above were accepted while those below 2.50 were not accepted. The ttest statistics was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. It was found that students who feel secured in a school environment, students who are supported in school and students with better socio-emotional health contribute to a high extent in the performance of students in school. It was recommended among others that government and proprietors of schools should provide adequate classroom buildings and also ensure that existing dilapidated physical facilities are renovated and maintained..

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