INFLUENCE OF SCHOOL CHARACTERISTICS ON STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE IN GWALE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KANO STATE
Abstract
The study was designed to investigate The Influence of School Characteristics on Students'
Performance in Gwale Local Government Area, Kano State.Five research objectives and Five
research questions were formulated to guide the study. descriptive design was used in this study,
one hundred and fifty was the population used in this study. Research questionnaire was used as
a tool to gather information for this study.The research find out that,there is a serious influence of
school leadership on secondary school students’ academic performance in Gwale LG. This implied
that a good school leadership affect learning and have an influence on students’ achievement. The
setting of a school leadership helps to stimulate and give the child a positive attitude which affects
behaviour and results in the eagerness to learn. Children are naturally by motivation of leadership
style. However, good school leadership could have an adverse influence on teachers and learners.
The study recommended that That the Ministry of Education develop a policy for all school
principals to follow and maintain the school leadership and school facilities. The government
must control school enrollment rates and ensure equity in the provision of facilities. Principals,
teachers, parents, students, and other educational agencies should develop a positive maintenance
culture for school facilities and school environment the attitude of destroying school environment
when they disagree with school management. Secondary school governing bodies should conduct
regular inspections of the facility available and additional funds from the government,
stakeholders, and the community should be allocated.Teachers should receive intensive
supervision and coaching, and they should be involved in a continuous improvement process for
teaching and learning
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