Abstract: The study examines the impact of pupil’s proximity to school in relation to their academic performance. Structured questionnaire was developed and administered to the pupils to extract information on the pupils’ home addresses while the performance of the pupils was obtained from their terminal examination. Google imagery, and the Global Positioning System (GPS) was used to establish the student home location which enabled the calculation of distances as a crow flies from the school to the pupils home location within the study area. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to test the relationship between pupils’ proximity to school and their academic performance. Giving a p value of .814 finding reveals that pupils distance to school does no determine their academic performance. Other factors such as lateness to school, family background, and family size could influence their academic performance. The study therefore recommends that researchers should pay attention on the other factors spelt out in other to ascertain the factors that contribute most to the academic performance of the children.
Keywords: Proximity, Academic, Performance, School, Pupils.
Title: GEOSPATIAL PROXIMITY OF STUDENTS’ HOMES TO SCHOOL IN RELATION TO ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
Author: Ogoro Mark Aristolin, Nkwocha Bartholomew, Ogoro Mark
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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