The Effect of Educational Infrastructure and Students Academic Achievement
CHAPTER ONE
Purpose of the Study
The major purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between Educational Infrastructure and students’ academic performance in selected secondary school in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State. Other objectives of the study include:
- To find out whether there is relationship between Educational Infrastructure and students’ academic performance.
- To find out whether there is no adequate provision of facilities in our secondary schools.
- To identify the causes of inadequate provision of Educational Infrastructure in our secondary schools.
- To proffer solutions to the problems of inadequate provision of facilities in the secondary schools.
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
In this chapter, the related literature will examine under the following subheadings:
Student performance
Academic performance is the outcome of education – the extent to which a student, teacher or institution has achieved their educational goals. Academic performance is commonly measured by examination and continuous assessment. Yusuf and Adigun (2010), Lydish and Nasoga (2009) noted that the
performance of students in any academic test has always been of special interest to the government, Educationists, Parents and society at large.
Schools are commonly evaluated using students performance data (Heck, 2009). Students assessment result is the basic for judging the performance of teachers and teachers celebrate when their schools and Students are highly ranked.
Smith (2004) noted that in educational institution, success is measured by academic performance or performance or how well a student meets standards set out by the institution itself. Success in educational institution has so much been associated with one’s performance in examinations. Student who do well in examinations get a chance of proceeding to higher level of studies in the subject and its related disciplines and so consequently become a source of man power in the chosen career and therefore with the knowledge and skills that have been acquired, the student will be able to live and independent and useful life both himself / herself and the larger community in which he /she lives. Susan (2000) noted that as career competition grows evermore fierce in the working world, the importance of students doing well in school has caught the attention of parents, legislators and government educational department alike. Although education is not the only road to success in the working world, much effort is made to identify, evaluate, track and encourage the progress of students in schools. Parent cares about their child’s academic performance because they believe good academic result will provide more career choices and job security. Schools, though invested in fostering good academic has it for the same reasons, are also often influenced by concerns about the school’s reputation and the possibility of monetary aid from government institutions, which can hinge on the overall academic performance of the school. State and federal department of education are charge with improving schools, and so devise methods of measuring success in order to create plans for improvement, frank (2003).
In Chile, for instance, teachers are rewarded collectively when they work in schools which are identified as high-performing by National performance Evaluation system of subject subsidized schools (organization for Economic cooperation and Development, 2005).
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of facilities on student’s performance in social studies in secondary schools in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State. This chapter will be discussed under the following sub-heading,
Research Design
The research design to be used for this study is descriptive survey design .The researches aim at examining possible connection between Educational Infrastructure and student performance.
Population
The population of this study consists of students in secondary school within
Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State.
A random sampling secondary school in this area was made and the following schools were selected.
- Victory college, Ikare –Akoko
- comprehensive high school , Ikare-Akoko
- Ugbe community high school ,ugbe-Akoko
- Anglican grammar school ,Ikare-Akoko
- Comprehensive high school
The sample comprises of two hundred (200) student chose from the five secondary schools that was selected. Forty (40) students of s.s.1-s3 classes were chosen from each of the school.
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
INTRODUCTION
The research results are presented and discussed in this chapter. The data obtained using the questionnaire were converted into numerical data on coding sheet for ease of analysis, through the use of SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences). The results were arrived at by subjecting the raw data to statistical analysis (also through the use of SPSS), which led to inferences that were made in the study, the basis for which for which the summary for the study were obtained, and for which conclusions and recommendation were made.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
This chapter contains summary of the study findings, conclusion drawn from the findings and recommendation.
Summary
This was carried out to find out the influence of Educational Infrastructure on students’ performance in Social studies in secondary school Lagos Sate with the view of findings out whether there is a positive relationship between Educational Infrastructure and student’s performance in Social studies.
Descriptive survey design was employed in this study. The population of the study consists of schools in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State. Random sampling method was used to select 200 students from five schools chosen for this study. Questionnaire was used as instrument. The data was collected and analyzed using correlation, regression and simple percentage. The result obtained shows the Educational Infrastructure greatly affects student academic in
Social studies.
CONCLUSION
Based on the research findings and data analysis, the researcher was able to conclude that Educational Infrastructure constitutes on integral part of the education system.
Schools facilities have a positive effect on student academic performance in Social studies. Availability of the facilities in adequate quality and quantity is capable of enhancing performance of educational goals
RECOMMENDATION
From the foregoing, the following recommendations are worthy of note:
- Relevant and adequate facilities must be supplied to schools at the right time. The Government and other stakeholders should set aside substantial amount of money for provision of such facilities.
- The ministry of Education should not register schools which operate without a science laboratory until all the necessary laboratory requirement are met by school management.
- Only qualified and competent teacher should be employed to teach social studies student so that there can be maximum utilization of facilities to enhance academic performance
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