V2I11P16

Negative Influence of School Environment on the Academic Performance of Students: A Case Study of the Kaduna State College of Education, Gidan Waya, Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Since 2000

Hamza Nafiu¹, SABO Ugah Anche^2*, Diana Kwa’ala Dzarma³, Dogo Faith John⁴, Felix Alanza David⁵

Abstract

This study examined the negative influence of the environment on the academic performance of students: A case study of Kaduna State College of Education, Gidan Waya. The objectives of the study were to identify and analyse the negative influence of the environment on the academic performance of students. It also aimed to suggest measures to remedy the situation. The main instruments used in the collection of data were the questionnaires; the data collected were analysed manually, and the researchers used descriptive analysis, which included percentages. The findings of the study included, among others, the fact that poor school environments, such as poor seat/seating arrangements, poor ventilation, and a lack of recent books in the library, among others, have negatively influenced the students’ academic performance in the Kaduna State College of Education, Gidan Waya. This research recommended, among others, a Policy that should be enacted and implemented towards the improvement of the school’s environment by the Nigerian government through the country’s Ministry of Education in general and the Kaduna State government through the Kaduna State Ministry of Education in Nigeria in particular.

Keywords:

Influence, school, environment, academic, performance, students