Open AccessEffect of School Environmental Factors on Academic Development of Secondary School Students in Boripe Local Government Area of Osun State.
Author(s) -
Akinbode Sangodapo,
A. Ola Anasthasia
Publication year - 2020
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2411-2933
DOI - 10.31686/ijier.vol8.iss12.2828
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , descriptive statistics , local government area , test (biology) , local government , medical education , mathematics education , state government , state (computer science) , psychology , political science , statistics , medicine , mathematics , public administration , paleontology , philosophy , linguistics , algorithm , biology
This study is designed to investigate the effect of school environmental factors, particularly the serenity of school environment and adequacy of school facilities on academic development of secondary school students in Boripe Local Government, Osun State. The study made use of descriptive survey research design. Structured questionnaire was used to collect primary data from the sample size of 41 respondents selected from ten selected secondary schools in Boripe Local Government. relevant works of authorities in related fields were reviewed. Data were presented in tabular form and analyzed, using mean rating and standard deviation as descriptive statistics. Chi square test statistics was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study found that the serenity of school environment influences academic development of secondary school students, and that adequate school facilities enhances academic development of secondary school student as wells. It was recommended that government should set standard for serenity of secondary school environment and enforce same to ensure compliance always. Further to this, upgrade, renovation and provision of adequate secondary school facilities should be ensured to enhance students’ academic development at both state and federal level.