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Anthonia Ngozi
Educational Management
Enugu State University of Science and Technology,
Enugu
Abstract
The study
investigated the impact of School location on students’ academic performance in
public secondary schools in Ebonyi state: implication for educational managers.
The Study adopted descriptive research design. The study was guided by three
research questions. The population of the study was 4,500 teachers while the
sample size was 450 teachers. Self-developed structured questionnaire was used
by the researcher titled: Questionnaire on impact of school location on the
academic performance in public secondary schools in Ebonyi State (QISLAPPSSES)
to collect data from the respondents. The instrument was faced-validated by
three experts in the department of Educational Foundations, Ebonyi State
University, Abakaliki. A test – retest procedure was used to obtain the
reliability of the instrument. Results of the two tests were correlated using
Pearson Product moment correlation, which yielded 0.76. Data collected were
analysed using mean scores. The study discovered some location related factors
that influence students’ academic performance, location - related factors that
affect teachers’ level of productivity in relation to students academic
performance and the Location – Related factors that affect Principals’
administrative effectiveness in relation to Students’ Academic Performance. The
study, recommended that the quality and quantity of teachers posted to rural
schools be improved, special allowance called “bush allowance” be paid to rural
teachers. That staff quarters be built for rural teachers with minimum comfort,
sharing of school facilities should be even.
Key words: Impact, School location,
Academic performance, Implication, students, Educational managers
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