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