Influence of Rural and Urban Environmental Factors on the Performance of Business Education Students in External Examination

Abstract

The study was carried out to determine the influence of rural and urban environmental factors on the performance of junior secondary school students' certificate examination in business education in Isiala Ngwa North L.G.A, Abia state. The study adopted a comparative survey. The population of the study comprised of 1, 300 junior secondary school students in the eight (8) secondary schools in Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area. Simple random sampling
technique was adopted while 394 students made up of 213 rural and 181 urban represent the sample size. Questionnaire titled: Influence of Rural and Urban Environmental Factors on the Performance of Junior Secondary School Students' Certificate Examination in Business Education (IRUEFPJSSSCEBE). Data were analysed using mean and standard deviation while t-test was used to test the hypotheses of 0.05 level of significance. Findings of the study reviewed that availability of adequate library facilities, class size and school location to a high
extent enhance academic performance of Junior Secondary School Business Education Students in external examination as against environmental noise. The study concluded that availability of library facilities and others mentioned enhances the academic performance of Junior Secondary School Business Education Students in external examination to a high extent. Based on the findings, the study recommended that the government should ensure that adequate funding is provided to the schools to ensure adequate library facilities, school authorities should ensure
that schools are located in strategic positions that will help to enhance students' academic performances amongst other recommendations.