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2014, Journal Article
Lately, basic school pupils have performed poorly in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) as well as in their end of term examinations and this necessitated an enquiry into the phenomenon. The study used the cross-sectional study design. The sample size was 195. The study collected data using a questionnaire. Data analysis involved using descriptive statistics. The study found that largely pupils from academically performing and nonacademically performing schools have similar perceptions about causes of poor academic performance. Again, the combined effect of home and school environmental factors emerged as the major contributor to poor academic performance. The study recommends that providing a conducive home environment for the pupils, tackling pupil and teacher related factors, would help to ensure that poor academic performance is a thing of the past.
British Journal of Education
Causes of Subpar Academic Achievement of Public Basic Schools with Emphasis on Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE): A Case Study of Sagnarigu Municipality in Northern Region, GhanaThe study was set up to determine the causes of poor academic achievement in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Sagnarigu Municipality in Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana. The study sought to identify the contributing causes of such subpar learning outcomes and to provide some policy interventions to address them. For the study, two research questions were established. Data collection and analysis were done using a qualitative approach. In relation to the basic schools in the Sagnarigu Municipality, the study's accessible population included students, head teachers, teachers, parents, and municipal examination officers. As data sources, interviews and historical records were used. The researcher used the case study technique because he wanted to clearly understand why Sagnarigu Municipality students perform poorly on the BECE examination. Twenty (20) Junior High Schools were chosen purposively from the Municipality. The sample size was also chosen using a ra...
The purpose of this study was to identify factors that are responsible for the low academic achievement of pupils in New Edubiase JHS A at Adansi South District in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Data was collected from a sample of sixty (60) respondents comprising 45 students, 5 teachers and 10 using questionnaire. All respondents responded to the questionnaire. The data were analysed using tables, frequencies and percentages. The factors causing poor performance of the pupils at New Edubiase JHS A were attributed to teachers, school environmental, parents and the pupils were primarily responsible for the low academic achievement of the pupils. The school environmental factors identified include limited number of teachers with high academic qualification, inadequate teaching and learning materials, and misuse of contact hours with pupils. The teacher factors that were found to contribute to the low academic performance were incidences of lateness to school and absenteeism, inability to complete the syllabi and inadequate homework assigned to pupils. The pupil characteristics found significant were incidences of lateness to school and absenteeism, lack of assistance with studies at home and use of local language in the classroom. Home conditions or parental support variables causing pupils to perform poorly academically were their inability to provide textbooks and supplementary readers, low level of interaction with children’s teachers, and low involvement in the Parent Teacher Association. The study has practical significance as it sheds light on the factors affecting the low academic performance of pupils in New Edubiase Junior High School A and for decision making to improve their academic performance. It was recommended among others that there is the need to improve parent’s attitudes, intensify supervision of teachers and institute incentive packages, sensitize and motivate the pupils, recognize individual differences in education and encourage guidance and counseling services for pupils.
Regional Conference on Education in West Africa …
Causes of low academic performance of primary school pupils in the Shama Sub-Metro of Shama Ahanta East Metropolitan Assembly (SAEMA) in Ghana2005 •
2023 •
Otaloighagbe Ruth Oladele
ASSESSMENT OF THE FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE POOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS: A CASE STUDY IN ABUJA MUNICIPAL AREA COUNCIL (AMAC) F.C.T ABUJA2021 •
The study investigated the Assessment of the Factors Responsible for the Poor Academic Performance in Public Primary Schools: A Case Study of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) F.C.T Abuja. The study discusses five (5) research questions and five (5) hypotheses. A survey method was used for this study; the target population of this study consists of teachers from seven primary schools in Abuja Municipal Area Council (FCT) with a population of 168 teachers. Simple random sampling method in form of the Hat drawn method was used to select one hundred and fourteen (114) respondents. The instrument use in collecting data is the questionnaire. Frequency counts, mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the database on research questions while the hypotheses raised were tested at 0.05 alpha level of significance using ANOVA. The result of the findings shows that: (i) There is poor infrastructure which makes teaching and learning unconducive for pupils which leads to poor achievement of pupils (ii) Most teachers do not have adequate knowledge of their subject matter, lack of quality teachers, inadequate teaching skills and classroom management leads to poor achievement of pupils in primary school (iii) Pupils poor study habits affect learning negatively and leads to poor achievement of pupils (iv) The level of the parent education as well as income affect their children’s academic achievement, the inability of parent to help in home work and assessment of their children’s achievement in school in other to effect corrections leads to poor achievement of pupils in primary (v) The poor academic achievement of pupils in Abuja Municipal Area Council, FCT is caused by lack of supervision by relevant government agencies. Recommendations were stated accordingly.
2021 •
In recent times, parents and other stakeholders in the field of education have expressed worries regarding the poor performance of pupils in rural and public schools in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) compared to their counterparts in urban and private schools in Ghana. This study examines the performance trends of urban, rural, public and private Junior High Schools in the BECE over a 5-year period. The study made use of secondary data which reflected the indicators of pupils’ performance in the BECE. The data obtained were analysed using percentages, frequency counts, and time-series graphs. The findings of this research showed that the proportion of pupils who passed the BECE in rural schools were less than those who passed in the urban schools in Ghana. It was further observed that although the performance trends for both public and private schools were not so different for 2016, 2017, and 2018, more pupils in public than private schools passed the BECE. Based...
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science
Analysis of School Environmental Factors Affecting College Students' Academic Achievement: The Case of Holy Child Training College in the Western Region of Ghana2021 •
This study investigated into the school environmental factors affecting students' academic achievement at the Holy Child Training College at Takoradi in the Western Region of Ghana. The study adopted a quantitative approach using a cross sectional survey design. The targeted student and tutor population was 132 and 24 respectively. Epi info 7 StatCalc was used in determining the number of students to sample from the college. Simple random and purposive sampling techniques were used to select 132 trainee teachers, and 24 tutors respectively with Structured questionnaire to solicit responses. Data were analysed using SPSS version 23. Findings from the study revealed that classroom environment was not conducive for learning and the class was not spacious enough to support movement and learning. Most teachers also made known that their classrooms are not spacious enough. It is recommended by authors that Government, the Metropolitan Chief Executive at the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) in collaboration with parents and other education stakeholders could be channeled into classroom expansion (infrastructures) in other to help solve this problem overtime.
ABSTRACT This study investigated the effect of learning environment on academic performance of secondary school students in Local Government Areas of Abia State. The population consists of 1000 respondents that are made up of 348 Teachers and 652 Students in Seventeen (17) Educational Zones in Abia State. The sampling comprises of 83 Teachers Staff and 152 Students in Ten (10) Educational Zones in Abia State. Stratified random sampling technique was used in selecting the sample. Data were collected using the researcher’s self-constructed questionnaire titled “The effect of learning environment on academic performance of secondary school students in Local Government Areas of Abia State Questionnaire ((TELEAPSSLGAABSQ)”.) from the respondents. Three research questions were formulated to guide the study and three null hypotheses formulated to test the research hypothesis at 0.05 levels of significance. The simple percentage technique was used to answer the three research questions while Student T-test statistics was used to test the three null hypotheses formulated. Results indicated that: The state of learning environment prevalent in a school setting to a greater extent determines the level of academic performance of students. The teacher has a major role to play in ensuring an enabling learning environment particularly on how he manages the classroom and conducts professionally with students. It is the responsibility of government to ensure an enabling learning environment for a quality academic performance. The following recommendations were made: - That Teachers who are the first contact of students should be regularly trained in the accordance with best practices in ensuring effective classroom management. That government should ensure an adequate provision of infrastructural facilities, equipment and tools which will enable teachers to teach there subject areas effectively. That instructional materials needed for effective teaching and learning practice be provided include provision of adequate workshops, laboratories, classrooms to enable students acquire practical experience in the program. That monitoring and evaluation unit of the Ministry of Education should be strengthened to regularly supervise teachers in their general conduct of classroom management. KEYWORDS: Learning Environment, Academic Performance, Secondary School Students, Teachers and Government.
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