ABSTRACT
The study was designed to investigate students’ and teachers’ perception of the causes of poor academic performance in secondary schools in Warri Urban of Delta State. To direct the study, six research questions were stated. The population of the study comprised all senior secondary school students and teachers in government owned secondary schools in Warri Urban of Delta State. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design and the sample size was three hundred respondents randomly sampled for the study. Data for the study were collected using researcher’s developed questionnaire. In analyzing the data collected, the researcher used frequency count and chi-square statistical analysis in order to answer the research questions raised.
The data analyzed showed that teachers perceive that teachers’ qualification does not affect poor academic performance among secondary school students, students’ perceive teachers’ qualification as having impact on their academic performance, teachers perceive that their method of teaching and learning materials influence students’ academic performance, students perceive that teachers’ method of teaching and learning materials do not influence students’ academic performance. Finally, it was revealed that teachers do not perceive students environment as influencing their academic performance and students perceive that environment affect their academic performance. Based on these findings some recommendations were made at the end of the study.
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