IMPACT OF CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL AGYARAGU CENTRAL, NASARAWA STATE

¹Usman Stephen, and ²Azan, Baba James, ³Oguche Damian Monday, ⁴Yakubu MikailuMachuwe, ⁵Elisha, Bulus Gidinye & ⁶Iyimogah, Ose Olobo

^1,Department of Educational Administration and Planning, Nasarawa State University, Keffi,

²Department of English, Nasarawa State University Keffi

^3,6Ipere College of Education, Nasarawa State

^4,5Department of General Studies, Ipere College of Education, Nasarawa State

E-mail: usmanstephen.ndo@gmail.com, azanbaba@gmail.com, babaojma1@gmail.com, Mikailu4real@gmail.com, elbulusgidinye@gmail.com, iyimogaholobo@gmail.com

           ABSTRACT

This study examined the impact of classroom management on students’ academic performance in government secondary school Agyaragu Centralin Nasarawa State. Two (2) research questions and two (2) hypotheses were formulated and tested for the study.  Expo-facto design was used for the study. The Population of the study are teachers and students drawn from the school under study. A total of 270 respondents comprising of 250 students and 20 teachers was used for the study.  Questionnaire developed by the researcher was used to collect data for the study. The questionnaire was structured into Likert format of Strongly Agreed (SA), Agree (A), Disagree (D) and Strongly Disagree (SD).  Mean and standard deviations were used to answer the two research questions, while chi-square (X²) test of goodness of fit was used to test the two hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that teacher classroom management has impact on students’ academic performance in government secondary school Agyaragu Central and classroom management have positive influence on students’ academic performance in government secondary school Agyaragu Central. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that teachers should be properly train in classroom management for the attainment of goals.Also school