The responses from the respondents were analyzed and
the result is as presented below in answering the research questions.
1. RESEARCH QUESTION 1: What is the opinion of
school of counselors about general performance of secondary school students?
In order to answer this question, the responses to
questionnaire item 1 are as presented in the table below:
TABLE: Counselors opinion of students performances.
|
Items
|
Responses
|
Percentage
|
|
Generally poor
|
168
|
84%
|
|
Not poor
|
32
|
16%
|
From the above table, it can be seen that, 168 out
of 200 counselors representing 84% of the respondents replied yes that academic
performance of secondary school students are while 32 out of 200 counselors
representing 16% of the respondents responded that, the academic performance of
secondary schools students are not poor.
2.
RESEARCH QUESTION
What factors do counselors
think contribute to poor academic performance of secondary school students?
In order to answer this question, the response to questionnaire items
2 are presented in the table
below:
Table 2: causes of poor academic performance.
|
S/N
|
ITEMS
|
SA
|
A
|
D
|
SD
|
TOTAL
|
|
A.
|
The school environment
|
100 50%
|
50
25%
|
22
11%
|
28
14%
|
200
100%
|
|
B
|
Inadequate
supervising
|
78
39%
|
86
43%
|
28
14%
|
8
4%
|
200
100%
|
|
C
|
Scio- economic states of parents
|
116
58%
|
40
20%
|
22
11%
|
22
11%
|
200
100%
|
|
C
|
Lack of qualified personnel
|
94
47%
|
82
41%
|
12
6%
|
12
6%
|
200
100%
|
|
E
|
Poverty
|
116
58%
|
64
32%
|
14
7%
|
6
3%
|
200
100%
|
|
F
|
Inadequate facilities for learning
|
122
61%
|
46
23%
|
22
11%
|
10
5%
|
200
100%
|
|
G
|
Parental roles
|
108
54%
|
50
25%
|
24
12%
|
18
9%
|
200
100%
|
|
h
|
The incompetence of teachers
|
19
45%
|
52
26%
|
40
20%
|
18
9%
|
200
100%
|
|
i
|
Students themselves
|
120
60%
|
52
26%
|
24
12%
|
4
2%
|
200
100%
|
From this
table, it can be seen that majority of
the respondents agreed that all those factors contribute to poor
academic performance of student
Research Question 3
What are the possible effect of poor academic
performance of secondary school
students?
In order to answer this question, the response to
questionnaire item 3 are presented in
the table below:
Table 3:
effects of poor academic performance of students.
|
S/N
|
ITEMS
|
SA
|
A
|
D
|
SD
|
TOTAL
|
|
A.
|
INABILITY TO SECURE JOB
|
88
44%
|
48
24%
|
28
14%
|
18
9%
|
200
100%
|
|
B
|
Inability to defend the certificate
|
100
50%
|
40
20%
|
40
20%
|
20
10%
|
200
100%
|
|
C
|
Indulgence in examination mal-practice
|
130
65%
|
44
|
18
9%
|
8
4%
|
200
100%
|
|
C
|
Poor development of the nation
|
122
61%
|
|
24
12%
|
6
3%
|
200
100%
|
The above
table shows that 136
out of 200 counselors
represents 68% agreed unemployment problem is one of the
effects of poor academic performance of
students
Majority of the respondents also identified
other effects to include poor development of the nation, effects to include poor development of the
nation inability to defend
certificate and indulgence in
examination malpractice.
Research question
4
How can
this situation be remediea?
In order to answer this question, the responses to qeustinnarie item 4 are as
presented in the tale below:
Table 4 remedial measures
|
S/N
|
ITEMS
|
SA
|
A
|
D
|
SD
|
TOTAL
|
|
A.
|
Adequate
government supervision
|
108
54%
|
50
25%
|
28
14%
|
14
7%
|
200
100%
|
|
B
|
Availability of adequate learning facilities
|
96
48%
|
54
27%
|
22
11%
|
28
14%
|
200
100%
|
|
C
|
Employing qualified personnel
|
90
45%
|
60
30%
|
22
11%
|
28
14%
|
200
100%
|
|
d
|
Award of
free education
|
100
50%
|
52
26%
|
24
12%
|
24
12%
|
200
100%
|
From the above table, it can be seen that majority of the respondents identified a number of measures to be
employed in checking poor performance of
students, which included adequate
supervisor, employment of qualified
teachers, provision of learning materials and free education