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Influence of school management on students’ academic performance in senior secondary school in Ibadan South West Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria
https://doi.org/10.31248/IJET2024.223 | Article Number: C93099FC4 | Vol.8 (2) - December 2024
Received Date: 28 November 2024 | Accepted Date: 22 December 2024 | Published Date: 30 December 2024
Authors: Chidi O. Ukaegbu* , Adefowora Theodore Adesola , Anthony-Mary Chukwudozie Amali and Chukwuma, Ogonna Ebenezer
Keywords: Academic performance, students, senior secondary school, Ibadan, school management
Low learning outcomes in senior secondary school students reflected in their poor performance at senior secondary examinations conducted by different examination bodies in Nigeria have raised a serious concern for all stakeholders, particularly the students. This study investigated the influence of school management on academic performance in senior secondary school students in Ibadan South West Local Government Area of Oyo state, Nigeria. The study adopted an ex post facto research design and a random sampling technique was used to generate data. Thus, ten (10) SS 3 students from fifteen (15) schools and one (1) administrator each from the selected school making a total of 165 participants from the Local Government Area. Three validated research instruments (School Managers’ Questionnaire (SMQ), English Achievement Test (EAT) and Mathematics Achievement Test (MAT) were used to collect data from participants. These data were statistically analyzed using multiple regression. The study found that the competence of school managers is capable of influencing academic performance in senior secondary school students but its contribution is not significant (B = 0.05, T =.42, P>0.05). Results from the study showed that the experience of school managers and students’ academic performance has a direct positive relationship but this relationship is not significant (B. 04, T= 0.46, P<0.05). The study also found that there is a direct positive relationship between style of management and academic performance of senior secondary school students. It showed that management style is capable of influencing academic performance but not significantly (B = 0.04, T = 0.35, P>0.05). The study therefore recommended that competence, experience, and result oriented management styles must be given a place in school management but emphasis should be much more on drastic value reorientation in all stakeholders most especially the learner whose output is a true reflection of the input made by school managers.
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