TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENTS PAGE
Title i
Certification ii
Dedication iii
Acknowledgements iv
Table of Contents v
List of Tables viii
Abstract x
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study 1
Statement of the Problem 4
Purpose of the Study 5
Research Hypotheses 7
Scope of the Study 8
Significance the Study 9
Operational Definition of Terms 10
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Concept of School-Based Management Committee 12
Prospects and Challenges Facing School-Based Management Committee 15
Factors Affecting Students’ Academic Performance 19
School-Based Management Committee and Students’ Academic Performance in Social Studies 22
Appraisal of Literature Reviewed 24
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research Design 26
Population, Sample and Sampling Techniques 27
Instrumentation 27
Validity and Reliability 27
Procedure for Data Collection 28
Methods
of Data Analysis 28
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULTS
Descriptive Analysis 29
Hypotheses Testing 36
Summary of Findings 44
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Discussion of Findings 46
Conclusion 49
Recommendations 50
Suggestion for Further Studies 51
REFERENCES 52
APPENDICES 55
LIST OF TABLES
Table i:Demographic Information of the Respondents 29
Table ii: Impact of SBMC in the Provision of Human and Material
Resources 30
Table iii: Impact of SBMC in the Provision of Infrastructural Facilities31
Table iv:Impact of SBMC in the Provision of Counseling and Supportive
Services 32
Table v:Impact of SBMC in the Maintenance of School Facilities 33
Table vi: Results of t-test comparing Assessment of Male and Female Teachers
on the Impact of SBMC in the Provision of Human and Material Resources 36
Table vii: Results of t-test comparing Assessment of Experienced and Less Experienced Teachers on the Impact of SBMC in the Provision of Human and Material Resources 37
Table viii: Results of t-test comparing Assessment of Male and Female Teachers on the Impact of SBMC in the Provision of Infrastructural Facilities for the Schools 38
Table ix: Results of t-test comparing Assessment of experienced and less experienced Teachers on the Impact of SBMC in the Provision of Infrastructural Facilities 39
Table x: Results of t-test comparing Assessment of Male and Female Teachers on the Impact of SBMC in the Provision of Counseling and Supportive for the Schools 40
Table xi: Results of t-test comparing Assessment of experienced and less experienced Teachers on the Impact of SBMC in the Provision of counseling and supportive services 41
Table xii: Results of t-test comparing Assessment of Male and Female
Teachers on the Impact of SBMC in the Maintenance of Facilities 42
Table xiii: Results of t-test comparing Assessment of experienced and less experienced Teachers on the Impact of SBMC in the Maintenance of Facilities 43
ABSTRACT
It was observed that poor students’ academic performance in junior secondary schools in Ilorin West Local Government Area, Kwara State could be due inadequate human and material resources, infrastructural facilities, maintenance of physical facilities and ineffective counseling and supportive services. Hence, this study investigated theteachers’ assessment of impact of school-based management committee on social studies students’ academic performance in Ilorin West Local Government junior secondary schools, Nigeria.
The study adopted descriptive research design of survey type. The population for the study consisted of all the Social Studies teachers in the entire 46 junior secondary schools in Ilorin West Local Government Area. Fourteen public junior secondary schools were randomly selected out of the 46 in this area. Purposive sampling technique was used to select all the 65 teachers of Social Studies in the selected schools as respondents for the study. Researcher-designed questionnaire titledtitled “School-based Management Committee and Students’ Academic Performance Questionnaire” (SBMCSAPQ) was used to collect data from the respondents while frequency count, percentage andt-test were used to analyze the collected data.
The findings of this study among other things were: There was no significant difference in the assessment of the male and female teachers on the impact of the SBMC in the provision of human and material resources for the schools; there was no significant difference in the assessment of the experienced and less experienced teachers on the impact of the SBMC in the provision of human and material resources for the schools; and there was no significant difference in the assessment of the male and female teachers on the impact of the SBMC in the provision of infrastructural facilities for the schools.
Based on the findings and conclusion of the study, it was recommended among other things that; School-based management committee should ensure adequate provision of human and material resources for the schools to enhance improved students’ performance in Social Studies.SBMC should intensify its efforts in the provision of instructional facilities for the schools so that there could be improvement in the students’ performance in Social Studies.
