SCHOOL CLIMATES AS PREDISPOSING FACTOR TO STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN PUBLIC SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EDO STATE

Abstract

The study examined the school climates as predisposing factor to students’ academic achievement in secondary school in Edo State. This study adopted the correlational research design. The population of this study consisted of all the Senior Secondary II students in the public Senior Secondary Schools in the three senatorial districts of Edo State. Simple random and multistage sampling techniques were used to select the sample for the study. Two instruments were used in the study. The first instrument for the study was a researcher designed questionnaire titled: School Climate as Predisposing Factors to Student Academic Achievement Questionnaire (SCPFSAAQ). The second instrument was a Students’ Achievement Test (SAT). The face and content validity of the instrument (SCPFSAAQ) was ensured by the supervisor or two experts in the institution of education. The Cronbach alpha of 0.78 for the teachers’ factors, 0.85 for school factors and 0.82 for parental factor and 0.83 for societal factor were obtained. By using Spearman-Brown to step up the reliability coefficient, the result yielded a reliability of 0.89 on the instruments. The researcher and two trained research assistants administered the instrument. Hypotheses 1, 2, 3, and 4 were tested using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) technique. The entire hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The result showed that that school climate such as teacher factor, school factor, parental factor and societal factor predispose students’ academic achievement in senior secondary school in Edo State. Therefore it is recommended that non-governmental organizations (NGO), religious bodies and influential individuals should join hands in a private-public partnership to provide material and financial support to students to support their academics.