TIMELY RELEASE OF RESULT AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCEOF STUDENTS IN BUSINESS EDUCATION IN UNIVERSITY OF CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA

This study was on Timely Release of Academic Result and Academic Performance of Students in Business Education in University of Cross River State. The design adopted for the study was descriptive survey research design The population of the study stood at 440 Business Education students. Simple Random sampling technique was used to select 240 students of Business Education used for the study. Three research questionnaires and three hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The instrument used for data collection was a researcher structured questionnaire tagged: Timely Release of Students’ Academic Questionnaire (TIRESARSAPQ) and Academic Performance Test in Business Education. The questionnaire was developed based on variables used for the study 15 items four points Likert scale responses, strongly agreed 4 points, agreed 3 points, strongly disagreed 2 points and disagreed 1 point and 20 items performance test correct answer attracts 2 points. The instruments were face and content validity were by three experts. Cronbach alpha reliability was used to test the internal consistency of the instrument which yielded a reliability co-efficient of 0.81. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics mean and standard deviation, why Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to test the null hypotheses at .05 level of significance.The results of the study shows that: there was a significant relationship between availability of resources, lecturers’ motivation administrative efficiency and students’ academic performance in Business Education. I t was therefore concluded among others that, administrative efficiency is key to goal attainment. The management of the institution should ensure effective administrative leadership through formulation of quality policies, supervision of instruction, maintenance of discipline and ensuring timely release of results.