Impacts of School plant Insecurity on the academic performance of students in Public Secondary Schools in Imo state.

Abstract

This study investigated the impacts of insecurity on school plant on the academic performance of students in public secondary schools in Imo state. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. Descriptive research survey design was used for the study. The population of the study comprised 11,700 which is made up of 5000 male and 6700 female students in SS2 classes in 260 public secondary schools in Imo State. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 467 students in (10) public secondary schools in Imo state. The instrument for data collection was a researcher made instrument titled “Impact of insecurity on school plant in public secondary schools in Imo state (IIOAPOSPSSII). The instrument was construed on a four points weighted scale of “Strongly agree, Agree, “Disagree, and Strongly dis agree. The instrument was classified into three clusters. Section A, explains the demographic status of respondents. Section B, is made up of the various form of insecurity in public secondary schools in Imo state, while section C is made up of the causes of insecurity in public secondary schools in Imo state. The instrument was validated by three experts in Business educationand computer science education in the faculty of education Madonna University Okija Anambra state. The reliability of the instrument was obtained using Cronbach techniques at 0.05 alpha level of significance.. The Coefficient of reliability indices were 0.97 and 0.87, which shows that the instrument is reliable to be used for the study. The instrument was administered to SS2 students in 10 public secondary schools in Imo state with the help of two research assistants who were briefed on a day training on how to distribute the instrument to male and female SS2 students. Atotal of 467 copies of the instruments were administered and a total of 467 copies were returned non got missed. The instrument was analyzed using mean and standard deviation. Z- test statistical tool was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 Alpha level of significance. The findings from this study revealed that there are insecurity on school plant which affects academic performance of students in public secondary schools in Imo state. It was recommended from this study that school principals should create synergy with the community leaders to forestall insecurity in public secondary schools in Imo state. Also, school principals should scrutinize student's leaders before assigning position of leadership to them in the school. Perimeter fencing should be used to stop insecurity in public secondary schools in Imo state.