SCHOOL PLANT AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NNEWI EDUCATION ZONE OF ANAMBRA STATE
SCHOOL PLANT AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NNEWI EDUCATION ZONE OF ANAMBRA STATE

Summary/Abstract: This study was aimed at determining the relationship between school plant and student academic performance in public secondary schools in Nnewi Education zone of Anambra State. Four Research questions and four hypotheses guided the study. Correlation research design was adopted. The population of the study was 1779 respondents made up of 49 Principals and 1730 students in the 49 schools in Nnewi Education zone of Anambra state. The sample comprised of 88 respondents selected through simple random sampling technique. For data collection, questionnaires were distributed to students and principals. The instrument was validated by experts and reliability ascertained using Cronbach Alpha. The reliability index of 0.82 was deemed high enough. Mean score was used to answer the four research questions. The chi-square test was used in testing hypotheses one while hypothesis two, three and four were tested using the t-test statistic. From the results, it was discovered among others that there is a positive relationship between school plant and students’ academic performance; that schools in urban areas have more components of school plants than their counterparts in the rural areas; principals in the urban areas had positive attitude towards school plant maintenance while the principals in rural areas had negative attitude towards school plant maintenance. Based on the findings, recommendations were made including a clarion call on the state government to increase funding to schools in Journal Plus Education, Vol 29, no.2/2021 pp. 174-189 175 the annual budget, and make efforts to balance the allocation of the education sector equally among schools in the urban areas and those in the rural areas. Conclusions were drawn and implications and suggestions for further studies made.

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