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Cultural Background and Academic Performance of Agricultural Science Students in Secondary Schools in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State

Abstract

The study sought to examine how cultural background influence the academic performance of Agricultural Science students in senior secondary schools in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. A survey design was adopted for the study. Two hundred senior secondary two (SS2) Agricultural Science students were drawn by simple random sampling from four government owned schools in the council area. Three objectives and three hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Data were collected using constructed questionnaire. The instrument was validated by academic experts from the Department of Agricultural Education. A pilot study was conducted and a reliability coefficient of 0.78 was obtained using the Cronbach’s alpha method. The data collected were analyzed using the independent t-test of analysis at 0.05 level of significance. Findings of this study revealed that all the factors considered in the study which include cultural belief, gender relation and parental involvement all had impact on student academic performance. It was recommended that teachers should help to relate cultural concepts in Agricultural Science to learners need and experience, government should develop a curriculum for use in integrating cultural concepts in its instruction and that parent’s should assist in their background environment to support in teaching their wards at home to reinforce work done in school.

Country : Nigeria

1 Ukam Victor Efut Ph.D2 Osang Philip Ofre Ph.D3 Obun Obun Arong

  1. Department of Agricultural Education, School of Vocational and Technical Education, Cross River State College of Education, Akamkpa – Nigeria
  2. Department of Agricultural Education, School of Vocational and Technical Education, Cross River State College of Education, Akamkpa – Nigeria
  3. Department of Agricultural Education, School of Vocational and Technical Education, Cross River State College of Education, Akamkpa – Nigeria

IRJIET, Volume 7, Issue 8, August 2023 pp. 134-140

doi.org/10.47001/IRJIET/2023.708017

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