MANAGEMENT FACTORS INFLUENCING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN SOUTH EAST GEO-POLITICAL ZONE OF NIGERIA

NJIDEKA GLORIA IKEGBUSI; ROSITA OGBO; FLORENCE NGOZI OBIYE

MANAGEMENT FACTORS INFLUENCING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN SOUTH EAST GEO-POLITICAL ZONE OF NIGERIA

NJIDEKA GLORIA IKEGBUSI, ROSITA OGBO, FLORENCE NGOZI OBIYE

Abstract

The paper ascertained the management factors that influence academic performance of students in tertiary institutions in South East geo-political zone of Nigeria. Three research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. A cross-sectional survey research design was used. The sample of the study comprised 650 respondents who were selected through random sampling from a population of 5882 students and staff from five tertiary institutions in South East geo-political zone of Nigeria. A structured questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection. The data were analysed using mean score method which was performed on the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) platform. The parametric statistics of one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and LSP post hoc were used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study found among others thatthere are types of resources needed in management of tertiary institutions and some of the resources include financial, human and physical resources. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that adequate financial resources should be provided by the government and efficient utilization of such resources as they will help to develop and maintain all other resources required in the institutions as they are necessities for the achievement of results in education.

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