INFLUENCE OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS AND SCHOOL LOCATION ON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN ACCOUNTING IN KWARA AND OSUN STATES, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorADENIYI, SAMUEL ADEMOLA
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-22T08:51:26Z
dc.date.available2016-04-22T08:51:26Z
dc.date.issued2015-05
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER DEGREE OF BUSINESS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIAen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated the influence of socio-economic status and school location on secondary school students‘ performance in accounting in Kwara and Osun State, Nigeria. Four operative objectives, four research questions were raised to guide the study and four research hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The total population of the study was 533 secondary schools and 13,063 students, and the samples of 53 schools 1186 respondents were drawn using random sampling. Data were collected using self designed questionnaire. Percentages were used to analyze bio data, the mean and standard deviation were used to answer research questions while t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA statistics were used to test the four null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that parental educational level, occupation, social standing and school location had significant influence on students‘ academic performance in Accounting in Kwara and Osun States. It was concluded that socio-economic status and school location were significant factors that contributed to students‘ academic performance. It was recommended that social and economic policies should be put in place by government to enable children from low economic status to have equal opportunity of advancing their education.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://kubanni.abu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/7749
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectINFLUENCE,en_US
dc.subjectSOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS,en_US
dc.subjectSCHOOL LOCATION,en_US
dc.subjectSECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE,en_US
dc.subjectACCOUNTING,en_US
dc.subjectKWARA,en_US
dc.titleINFLUENCE OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS AND SCHOOL LOCATION ON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN ACCOUNTING IN KWARA AND OSUN STATES, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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