Infrastructural Challenges and Student Academic Performance: Evidence from a Developing Nation


Authors : Prince Dacosta Anaman; Deborah Morpkorpkor Zottor; Julius Kumi Egyir

Volume/Issue : Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 11 - November

Google Scholar : https://bit.ly/3IIfn9N

DOI : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7439990

A school's infrastructure reflects its curriculum and co-curricular activities. Using constructivism and production theory, the study examined how school infrastructure affects academic achievement in four Ghanaian senior high schools. The study obtained data using interviews and questionnaires. The survey revealed that schools required sports fields, music rooms, church halls, mosques, and theatres. The study found that schools required additional dorms and bathrooms. The research uncovered that schools require updated classrooms, roomy scientific labs, and more cocurricular activities beyond outdoor games and computer labs. The study also indicated that learning, boarding, and co-curricular infrastructure improved student achievement. The interviews showed that SHS teachers believed school infrastructure improves academic achievement. The study suggests building and positioning school structures well and stocking and expanding school laboratories to serve all pupils to increase academic performance. To facilitate subject instruction, the school's ICT lab needs extra computers and supplies.

Keywords : Infrastructural Challenges, Academic Performance, Senior High Schools, Mixed Methodology.

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