Socio-economic determinants of students' academic achievement in building technology
Over the years, the achievement of students in building technology has continued to decrease and this has been an issue of concern to major stake holders in vocational and technical education in north-central of Nigeria. There are some factors which influenced the academic performance of students su...
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| description | Over the years, the achievement of students in building technology has continued to decrease and this has been an issue of concern to major stake holders in vocational and technical education in north-central of Nigeria. There are some factors which influenced the academic performance of students such as socioeconomic factor. Therefore, this study investigated socio-economic determinants of students’ academic achievement in building technology in North-central Nigeria. Data for this survey research design which collected from 113 students were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results of the study showed that building technology education in Nigeria is male dominated and majority of colleges of education students in North-central Nigeria are under 20 years. Socio-economic determinants of students’ academic achievement in building technology include gender, age, study hours, family size, stipends per month, group reading, students’ health status, credit pass in SSCE and truancy. The challenges facing building technology students in the study area include epileptic power supply, inadequate ICTs, lack of functional building technology workshop among others. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-969512022-09-04T07:49:11Z http://eprints.utm.my/96951/ Socio-economic determinants of students' academic achievement in building technology L Education (General) Over the years, the achievement of students in building technology has continued to decrease and this has been an issue of concern to major stake holders in vocational and technical education in north-central of Nigeria. There are some factors which influenced the academic performance of students such as socioeconomic factor. Therefore, this study investigated socio-economic determinants of students’ academic achievement in building technology in North-central Nigeria. Data for this survey research design which collected from 113 students were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results of the study showed that building technology education in Nigeria is male dominated and majority of colleges of education students in North-central Nigeria are under 20 years. Socio-economic determinants of students’ academic achievement in building technology include gender, age, study hours, family size, stipends per month, group reading, students’ health status, credit pass in SSCE and truancy. The challenges facing building technology students in the study area include epileptic power supply, inadequate ICTs, lack of functional building technology workshop among others. Informa UK Limited Nordin, M. S. Subari, K. Salihu, Y. I. 2019 Book Section PeerReviewed UNSPECIFIED (2019) Socio-economic determinants of students' academic achievement in building technology. In: Nordin, M. S. and Subari, K. and Salihu, Y. I., (eds.) TVET Towards Industrial Revolution 4.0. NA, NA (NA). Informa UK Limited, London, England, pp. 1-10. ISBN 9780429281501 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9780429281501-13/socio-economic-determinants-students-academic-achievement-building-technology-nordin-subari-salihu NA |
| spellingShingle | L Education (General) Socio-economic determinants of students' academic achievement in building technology |
| title | Socio-economic determinants of students' academic achievement in building technology |
| title_full | Socio-economic determinants of students' academic achievement in building technology |
| title_fullStr | Socio-economic determinants of students' academic achievement in building technology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Socio-economic determinants of students' academic achievement in building technology |
| title_short | Socio-economic determinants of students' academic achievement in building technology |
| title_sort | socio economic determinants of students academic achievement in building technology |
| topic | L Education (General) |