STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING IN SOME SECONDARY SCHOOL
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ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING IN SOME SECONDARY SCHOOL: A CASE
STUDY OF EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE.
ABSTRACT
This research work is undertaken
with a view of investigating the strategies for improving student’s academic
performance in financial accounting in some secondary schools in Edo state. To
enhance effectiveness of this work, literature on the cause of poor performance
by various scholars, journals, articles and view of other writers were reviewed
duly considered and used, questionnaires were also administered to students and
staff in some selected secondary schools in Edo state and the results used to
draw conclusion. The findings revealed the following as contributory factors to
the poor performance of student’s financial accounting in Edo state.
1.
Lack of
qualified teachers to teach the subject (Accounting).
2.
Teachers/students are not motivated to teach or
learn the accounting.
3.
Lack of appropriate equipment and other industrial
materials.
Other findings include the
attitudes of parent and the good government towards the subject.
Recommendations were made towards ensuring better students’ performance in
financial accounting.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
Introduction
Statement of problem
Research question
Purpose of the study
Significance of the study
Limitation
Definition of terms
CHAPTER TWO
Literature review
CHAPTER THREE
Research design and methodology
Target population
Sample population
Instruments used for data collection
Administration of questionnaire
Method of data analysis
CHAPTER FOUR
Data analysis and results
Research findings
Discussion of findings
CHAPTER FIVE
Summary
Recommendation
Suggestion for further research
REFERENCES
APPENDIX 1 & APPENDIX 11
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
The new National
Policy on Education (1981) is designed to be functional, practical and
qualitative. This is expected to reduce the mere paper work system associated
with the former system of education and which led to the mass unemployment.
This new policy on education emphasizes vocational and was formulated by any
Nigerians to direct the nation towards technological and economic development
and cultural renewal. The subject areas recommended for study and compulsory
for every child in the post primary school system include science, vocational
and social studies. Under the vocational area is accounting subject. Accounting
is an indispensable field of study in education. It is a subject that is very
essential for business. It helps both profit and non-profit making
organizations. This is because it helps these organizations to make policies
which helps for expansion. It also access the efficiency of management to make
decisions relating to further investment. It aids proprietors access the
efficiency of management and provide information which assists parties outside
organization to make objective judgment about the organization. In the
secondary schools, the objective of teaching this important subject is to
provide students with the basic method of processing data to develop
manipulative skills and provide knowledge for career advancement in accounting
to develop an economic understanding of business vocabulary to help students
develop and understanding of basic accounting concept and principles, in
summary to be self reliant. Unfortunately students nowadays perform poorly in
this important subject, the poor performance of students in the subject has
become a matter of concern to many people especially to business education that
a question arises, “what are the causes of student’s poor performance in this
subject? Is it due to the ineffectiveness of the accounting teachers who teach
the subject, students’ lack of interest, or inadequate teaching aids? How then
can the poor performance be improved? To find solutions to the above questions
is the objective of this research.
1.2
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
Accounting like every
other business subject as an inestimable value which it had played and is still
playing definite and important roles in the world of business. Due to the vital
role, the knowledge and understanding of accounting is playing in the society,
there is the need to improve on its standard. The students offering this
subject tend to encounter some problems which leads to their poor performances
and such problems among others are
1. Lack
of qualified teachers.
2. Lack
of motivation.
3. Lack
of teaching aids and instructional materials.
1.3
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
To effectively
carryout this study, the following questions were formulated
1. Are
there qualified teachers in the school?
2. Are
the teachers or students being motivated?
3. Does
the school have teaching aids or instructional materials?
4. Do
teachers conduct continuous assessment regularly?
1.4
PURPOSE OF STUDY
Since accounting is a
venture which helps in the socio-economic development of the masses, it becomes
pertinent for all hands to be on deck, if improvement is to be made generally,
financial accounting like every other field or discipline is associated with
some problems. It is on this ground therefore, that this study is designed to
map out strategies for improving students poor academic performances in
financial accounting in some selected secondary schools in Edo state.
1.5
SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
The significance of
the research will highlight the problems of students poor academic performance
in financial accounting in secondary schools, particularly those in Edo state.
It will also suggest ways for improvement and correction. In addition, it tries
to find out ways of encouraging the present and future students of Edo state so
that, they can have meaningful and personal relationship between their teachers
and themselves. The findings of the study will be of immense assistance to
financial accounting administration, especially the school principal, if the
findings are thoroughly implemented. It will enhance students’ performance in
financial accounting especially in Edo state.
1.6
DEFINITION OF TERMS
For the purpose of
this study the following terms are defined.
1. Strategies:
plans or measures that can be used to solve problems.
2. Teaching:
it is the act of business or instruction or instructions or imparting
knowledge, skills etc. to students.
3. Teaching
aids: these are materials which may be in
form of charts, a life specimen like money, cheque leaf and so on used in
teaching to facilitate the learning and understanding of the lesson.
4. Learning:
it is the process of adjustment through constant practice or it is the
modification of behaviour through experience.
5. Competent
teacher: these are qualified teachers who
possess a minimum of Nigeria Certificate in Education in Accounting (N.C.E).
6. Appropriate:
it
means the sustainability of a thing used for another.
7. Self
reliant: being self employed for survival.
8. Disseminating:
it
is the under spread of ideas, beliefs etc.
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