RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHOOL LOCATION AND GENDER ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Kuyenum, Chukumah & Fejokwu, Benedicta. I
Government Secondary School, Asaba
Email: bennyfejokwn@gmail.com, chukumahk@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the relationship between school location and gender on academic achievement of secondary school students. Three hypotheses were raised to guide the study. The population of the study consisted of 9800 senior secondary school two students (SS2) in kwale educational zone of Delta State. A sample of 515 SS2 students’ were selected using simple random sampling technique of balloting. Regression statistic was used to test the stated hypotheses. The results of the analysis revealed that location has significant influence on students’ academic achievement while gender had no significant relationship with students’ academic achievement. It was concluded in the study that gender does not play any significant role on students’ academic achievement. Based on the result of the findings, it was recommended among others that Ministry of Education should post more teachers to rural areas and government should also provide infrastructures and learning facilities such as school building, textbooks, laboratories, and library to rural areas so as to improve learning.
Keywords: Academic Achievement, Location and Gender
