The Perspective of Students on Factors Affecting Their Academic Performance at the Tertiary Level
Mohammed Sulemana *
University for Development Studies, Faculty of Planning and Land Management, Department of Planning and Land Management, UPW3, Wa campus, Wa, UWR, Ghana.
Ibrahim Bin Ngah
Universiti Technology Malaysia, Faculty of Built Environment, Department of Urban and Regional Planning Skudai, 81310, Johor, Malaysia.
M. Rafee Majid
Universiti Technology Malaysia, Faculty of Built Environment, Department of Urban and Regional Planning Skudai, 81310, Johor, Malaysia.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Aims: To determine the factors that affect students’ academic performance at tertiary institutions with the view of enhancing learning.
Study Design: Survey was adopted as the research method for this study.
Place and Duration of Study: University of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, and University for Development Studies, Ghana, between April 2012 and June 2012.
Methodology: Sample: We included 670 students (363 men, 307 women; age range 17-38 years).
Results: The analysis of variants (ANOVA) showed that, the regression analysis is 726.513 at 0.05 alpha levels; it therefore implies that, there is a significant relationship between infrastructure provision and academic performance of students. It implies that, the higher the provision of infrastructure the higher the performance of students. Furthermore there was a significant correlation between the sum of the squares (254.235) and the mean square (254.235), which also implies that, the performance of students’ is dependent on infrastructure provision.
Conclusion: The analyses revealed that the major factor affecting student’s academic performance was infrastructure provision. The regression analysis further showed that, there is a strong relationship between the provision of educational infrastructural facilities and academic performance.
Keywords: Education, students, academic, performance, infrastructure.