Spatial distribution and students’ academic performance of secondary schools in Ondo State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined the spatial distribution and students’ academic performance of secondary schools in Ondo State. The study made use of seven hundred and twenty (720) senior secondary schools students selected from the eighteen Local Government areas of Ondo State. A correlational research of a survey type was used. The instrument used for gathering information is titled, Spatial Distribution and Effectiveness of Secondary School Questionnaire (SDESSQ). The instrument was validated and found reliable at r=0.78. Two research questions were raised and two hypotheses were formulated to establish the spatial distribution and students’ academic performance of secondary schools in Ondo State. Data were analyzed using Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient (PPMCC) statistics. Analysis of data revealed that a significant relationship exists between spatial distribution planning and students’ academic performance (r = 0.463; p > 0.235), classroom planning, laboratory planning, library planning and students’ students’ academic performance in senior secondary schools in Ondo State (r = .221; p> 0.05). These findings provide evidence for recommendations towards ensuring good spatial distribution planning, for proper supply of electricity to secondary schools in order to make use of educative gadgets that could enhance teaching and learning, for proper maintenance of instructional facilities and judicious utilization of spatial distributions that is classroom, laboratory, and library among others.