INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL IN OVIA NORTH EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE

ABSTRACT

The study was carried out to determine “influence of environmental factors on students academic performance among senior secondary school in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo state. The sample size adopted for the study was a total of Two hundred and Fifty Two (252) senior secondary school students chosen from SSII students. They were selected through simple random sampling technique. Questionnaire was the major instrument used for data collection. The questionnaire was made up of Section ‘A’ and ‘B’. while Section ‘A’ contained the demographic information of the respondents, Section ‘B’ was meant to elicit data on the various research questions raised and other matters considered important to the success of this study. The reliability and validity of the instrument was determined. The validity of the instrument was determined by the project supervisor and other two lecturers from the Department of Adult and Non-Formal Education, Faculty of Education, University of Benin, Benin City. The reliability of the instrument was 47 determined through test-retest procedure and the value obtained was through Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient reliability index of 0.76. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as: frequency count and simple percentages.