Influence of Out-School Factor in Basic Science and Students’ Performance among Upper Basic Schools in Kano State, Nigeria

Okereke Chinyere Emily

Abstract


The main purpose of this study is to determine the influence of out-school factor in basic science and students’ performance among upper basic schools in Kano State, Nigeria. Ex-post facto/causal comparative research design was employed in the study. Population of the study consists of all the students that offered Basic Science in Kano State Nigeria. A simple random procedure was used to select the sample population for the study. The target population of the study will be students of Basic Science students in Upper Basic 3, in Kano State, Nigeria. The instrument used for data collection was the students’ results in Basic Science Examination and Out-School Factor Questionnaire. Descriptive statistics such as mean was used for research questions the mean indicate the average score of the sample size and the standard deviation. The inferential statistics of ANOVA will be used to test the research hypothesis 1 at 0.05 levels of significances. revealed that Out-School Factor and Academic Performance has the mean of 45.88 and 61.04 respectively with a standard deviation of 4.516 and 9.425; this therefore shows that academic performance has mean was higher than the e mean of out-school factor. There is significant difference on influence of out-school factor in basic science and students’ performance among upper basic schools in Kano State, Nigeria with (F = .679, p> .05).


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