CHANGE OF SCHOOL ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL INAKWA IBOM NORTH EAST SENATORIAL DISTRICT, AKWA IBOM STATE

Abstract

The study was carried out to investigate the influence of change of school on secondary school students’ academic performance in AkwaIbom North East Senatorial District. The study adopted an ex-post facto research design. The population of the study was 19,135 senior secondary school two (SS2) students from the 89 public secondary schools in Akwa Ibom North East Senatorial District. A sample of 258 SS2 students was purposively drawn from 18 out of 89 public secondary schools using Proportionate stratified sampling technique. The researchers collected the SS2 sampled students first and second term examination’s averages in both the previous and current schools for the 2022/2023 academic session based on the variables (school location and school change) under study from the Vice principals office through the permission granted by the principals. Development of research instrument, validation and reliability of instrument were not done because the researchers made use of already existed data (students’ examination averages) from teacher’s test instrument. Data collected was analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer research questions while paired sample t-test and independent sample t[1]test statistics were used to test the formulated null hypothesis at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The findings revealed that there is a significant difference in the Students’ academic performance in Public Secondary Schools, Akwa Ibom North East Senatorial District based on school change. It was also revealed that there is no significant difference in the academic performance of students in their new school in Public Secondary Schools, Akwa Ibom North East Senatorial District based on school location. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that Educational Policy makers should lay more emphasis on the implications of change of school due to its effect on students’ academic performance.