Relationship between school variables and academic performance of students in public secondary schools, Kwara State, Nigeria.

Abstract

This study examined relationship between school variables and academic performance of students in public secondary schools, Kwara State, Nigeria. All the 6,902teachers in the whole 317 public secondary schools in the State constituted the population. Random sampling technique was used to select six Local Governments. Through randomization, five schools were selected from each of the Local Governments and 10 teachers from each of the sampled schools. School Variables Questionnaire (SVQ) and Proforma for Academic Performance of Students (PAPS) were used to gather data. The SVQ was validated and tested for reliability. The reliability coefficient realised was 0. 73. Hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. It was revealed in the findings that school variables and academic performances of students are significantly related. It was recommended that efforts should always be made by both the Kwara State government and the school principals to ensure that school variables such as population, leadership and facilities are consistently supportive to facilitating effective operations in schools to achieve outstanding academic performance in students.