Causes of students mass failure in basic technology in junior secondary schools in Illorin Metropolis, Kwara State.

Abstract

The main purpose of the study is to establish the causes of student's mass failure in Basic Technology in Junior Secondary School in Ilorin metropolis, Kwara State. While the objectives are to determine: i. the cultural factors contributing to student's mass failure in Basic Technology in Secondary Schools ii. The socio economic factors contributing to students mass failure in Basic Technology in Secondary Schools. iii. The school based factor contributing to student mass failure and academic performance of student. The research design for this study was a descriptive survey. The population of the study comprised all teachers and students in junior secondary schools in Ilorin metropolis, Kwara State. Data retrieved from the ministry of education, Ilorin revealed that there are over 254 teachers and 2,875 students in Ilorin metropolis. Random sampling was used to select 76 teachers and 563 students as 30% of the total population selected from the junior secondary schools in Ilorin metropolis. Mean and standard deviation was used to analyse the research questions while t-test was used to analyse the hypotheses with the aid of statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) at 0.05 level of significance. The finding of the study revealed that all item listed are the contributing factor for student mass failure among others. Based on the finding the study recommended that Government should provide training and the retraining for the teachers on culturally responsive teaching strategies to effectively address cultural influences on students' learning experiences, Implement targeted socio-economic support programs to alleviate financial barriers to education.