INFLUENCE OF SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT ON ACADEMICACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SENIOR SECONDARYSCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
Keywords:
Influence, School Enviironment, Academic Achievement, Students, Secondary SchoolAbstract
The study was carried out to investigate the influence of School Environment on Academic Achievement of
Students in public Senior Secondary Schools in Kaduna State. The design for the study is descriptive survey
design while the population of the study was 266,209 which comprised of 340 Principals, 6392 Teachers and
259,477 Students in Kaduna State Public Senior Secondary Schools. The sample size for the study was 384
respondents which was drawn using research Advisors (2006) , 30% of the sample was chosen using a purposive
sampling. For the population, a proportionate sampling technique was employed. A researchers’ self-developed
questionnaire with 50 items formed the instrument for data collection named School environment on academic
achievement questionnaire “SEAASQ”. Three experts validated the instrument and a Cronbach Alpha reliability
Coefficient of 0.80 was employed to ensure the reliability of the instrument. The study had two research objectives
among which is to determine the influence of school location on the academic achievement of students and
ascertain the influence of physical environment on the academic achievement of students in public senior
secondary schools in Kaduna State Nigeria, two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study
which are in line with the study, ANOVA was used to test the null hypotheses. The findings revealed that school
location influences the academic achievement of students in public senior secondary school in Kaduna State (P=
0.213). Physical Environment has influence on students’ academic achievement in public senior secondary school
in Kaduna State (P=0.185). The study concluded that the location of a school affects accessibility, attendance, and
exposure to learning resources, likewise adequate classrooms design, functional facilities and clean physical
environment promotes concentration and effective teaching and learning.