INFLUENCE OF SCHOOL TYPE AND LOCATION ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL IN ANAMBRA STATE
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This study investigated the influence of school type and location on students’ academic achievement in public senior secondary schools in Anambra state. Five research questions and five null hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance guided the study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 9,304 SS II students of 267 public secondary school students (5621 females and 3683 males; 6251 urban based and 3053 rural based students; 2831 male school, 3294 female school and 3179 mixed sex school students). A sample of 587 students was selected using proportionate stratified sampling technique. One instrument was used to obtain data of the respondents while academic achievement was measured using the students’ cumulative (Average) scores for three years in two subjects namely English and Mathematics. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions and the hypotheses were tested using t-test at 0.05 level of significance. The study found that male school and female school have a high influence on students’ academic achievement in public senior secondary schools in Anambra state. The study also found that mixed sex school, urban school and rural school have a high influence on students’ academic achievement in public senior secondary schools in Anambra state. The results further indicated that male school and female school do not significantly influence students’ academic achievement in public senior secondary schools in Anambra state. Similarly, mixed sex school, urban school and rural school were found to significantly influence students’ academic achievement in public senior secondary schools in Anambra state. Based on the foregoing, the study concluded that school type and location have influence on students’ academic achievement in public senior secondary school in Anambra state. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that the school management should not only monitor students through academic achievement, but they should also concern themselves with providing enabling environment and facilities that will enhance student academic achievement.
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