School Location, Facilities Utilisation and Students’ Academic Performance in Osun State Public Secondary Schools, Nigeria

Abstract

School location and utilisation of the available facilities are indispensable in students’ learning outcomes. The authors investigate school location, facilities utilisation and students’ academic performance in Osun State public secondary schools, using a correlational research design. Two hundred and fifty students and 250 teachers are selected as participants in the sampled schools through a
systematic sampling technique. Three researcher-designed instruments entitled: “School Location Questionnaire” (SLQ), “School Facilities Utilisation Questionnaire” (SFUQ) and “Students’ Academic Performance Checklist” (SAPC) are used to collect relevant data. Two research hypotheses are formulated to guide the study and the data collected are analysed using Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient. The results of the study reveal that a significant relationship exists between school location and students’ academic performance in Osun State public secondary schools. Also, facility utilisation relates significantly to students’ academic performance in the schools. The conclusion is that no matter how energetic, enthusiastic and committed a teacher might be, his effort and level of performance might not produce the required results in students secondary schools’ students in Osun State will continue to perform poorly academically if there is no effort made to improve on the observed problems in the state.