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AN ANALYSIS OF THE CAUSES OF POOR PERFORMANCE IN BUSINESS STUDIES IN NIGERIA JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
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This study was intended to assess the factors responsible for the poor academic performance in public Junior secondary schools. This study was guided by the following objectives; Ascertain environmental factors as causes of poor academic performance of students in Junior secondary schools in Business studies, Examine teachers factors as causes of poor academic performance of students in Junior secondary schools in Business studies, Determine the attitudes of students as causes of poor academic performance of students in Junior secondary schools in Business studies, Find out attitudes of parent as causes of students poor academic performance in Junior secondary schools in Business studies. The study employed survey method; questionnaires in addition to library research were applied in order to collect data. Junior secondary and secondary data sources were used and data was analyzed using a number of statistical techniques at 5% level of significance which was presented in frequency tables and percentage. The respondents under the study were 149 teachers from five selected Junior secondary schools in Chikun Local Government Area. The findings from the study revealed that environmental factors such as crowded classrooms, inadequate instructional materials as well as supervision and poor students background as well as poor infrastructures in school leads to poor academic performance. This study also revealed that teachers factors such as lack of quality teachers, inadequate teaching skills, inability of school management to organised training and re-training for their staff as well as extreme dependence on textbooks leads to poor academic performance in Junior secondary schools. The outcome of this study will also help the government the non-go-environment agencies and the society at large to know and appreciate their effort and give necessary support for the improvement of teaching and learning in Junior secondary schools.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
It is true that many students in Business studies today do not have secondary school background in Business studies unlike Mathematics, Economics, “English, Government and the likes, and therefore they tend to have a negative attitude at the very beginning of the course at the secondary school and assume that business studies is a very difficult course. Atieh (1997) shows that the Saudi Arabian students have a negative attitude toward business studies, considering it a difficult subject. This is usually manifested by their poor performance and high rate of failure in Principles of business studies. Supporting the above, Osoghe (2010) reported that non-business studies students of Business Administration in Al-Labal Secondary school wrote to the secondary school administration to exclude business studies courses from their curriculum. They asked a question “why is engineering and medicine not a foundation and compulsory course for all engineering and medical science student in the secondary school”? This further demonstrates high level of hatred the students have for business studies.
Since Business studies has come to stay for a variety of majors in Nigerian secondary schools, determining the factors that affect students’ performance in the course becomes a necessity. This is because students’ achievement in higher institutions is a concern for employers, who seek for quality manpower among the secondary school graduates, and therefore higher institutions that produce better employees for the labour market are highly respected and they draw public patronage. It must be understood that the academic achievement of students in any discipline of that matter is a function of many factors. According to Weinstein (1999), some of these factors are students’-related, some are teacher-related, and some are institutional-related.
Previous research work on students’ success factors in business studies, such as Tailab (2013), Uyor and Gungornus (2011) and Adeleke, Binyuomote and Adoyinka (2013), examined the two extreme factors (students-related and teachers-related) with little or no consideration given to the factor that brings the symbolism between teachers and students (institutional factors). More so, although the high rate of students’ failure in Business studies in Nigerian higher institutions is clearly observable, to the best of our knowledge, there are scanty empirical studies in Nigerian that have examined factors responsible for this poor students’ achievement. In order to close these existing gaps, this study is therefore aimed at investigating the institutional factors and the effect on academic performance of students in Business studies in Nigerian higher institutions of learning.
1.2 Statement of the Problem
Business studies has been considered by many students as a difficult course to study. To this end, what are the responsible factors that led to this trend or assumption? The research work will carry out a survey on these possible factors.
1.3 Purpose of the Study
The main objective of this research work is to carry out a survey of the possible factors responsible for poor performance of business studies students in junior secondary school in Federal College of Education (Technical), Asaba and provide solutions to those factors. The specific objectives are:
i. Ascertain environmental factors as causes of poor academic performance of students in Junior secondary schools in Business studies.
ii. Examine teachers factors as causes of poor academic performance of students in Junior secondary schools in Business studies.
iii. Determine the attitudes of students as causes of poor academic performance of students in Junior secondary schools in Business studies.
iv. Find out attitudes of parent as causes of students poor academic performance in Junior secondary schools in Business studies.
1.4 Significance of the Study
The solutions proffered by the researcher will enable students who are already studying business studies to improve their academic performance and as well enable the teacher to be effective and productive in teaching the students.
1.5 Research Questions
The following questions will guide this research work:
i. Is the poor performance of students in Junior secondary schools in Business studies caused by environmental factors?
ii. Is the poor performance of students in Junior secondary school Business studies caused by teacher’s factors?
iii. Is the poor performance of students in Junior secondary school Business studies caused by teacher’s factors?
iv. Is the poor performance of students in Junior secondary school Business studies caused by the attitudes of parents?
1.6 Limitation of the Study
This research work will be limited to business studies students in junior secondary school in Federal College of Education (Technical), Asaba.
1.7 Definition of Important terms
1. Business studies: Business studies is a systematic process of communicating business transactions and events to interested parties
2. Academic: The achievement of student as a result the teaching and learning process in the classroom situation.
3. Performance: the act of carrying out a task or action. A task or action that has been accomplished or done by somebody.
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