SCHOOL VARIABLES AND PUPILS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN HEALTH EDUCATION IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN BIASE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA.

The study investigated the “influence of school variables on pupils’ academic achievement towards physical and health education in Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. To achieve the purpose of the study, three (3) research questions were raised as well as three (3) hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance. The survey research design was considered for the study was School Variables Questionnaire (SVQ) and pupils achievement test questionnaire were the instruments used for data collection. To test the hypotheses formulated of the study, independent t-test. Simple random sampling techniques was used to select the sample of two hundred (200) students from the population for the study. The result obtained from analysis of data and testing of hypothesis revealed that there is significant influence of learning environment on pupils academic achievement in physical and health education in the study area, the finding revealed that, there is a significant influence of location of school on pupils academic achievement, there is a significant influence of school facilities/equipment on pupils academic achievement, there is a significant influence of classroom setting on pupils academic achievement in physical and health education in the study area. Based on these findings, it was recommended among others that the government should improve in the provision of Physical resources such as ICT materials and continuous inspection of academic staff strength, support staff classroom and teachers theatre library where necessary, the school authorities should make sure of the use of instructional facilities teaching-learning materials the federal, state and local government as well as Non-Governmental Agencies should make concerted efforts of providing the necessary infrastructural facilities such as descent and conducive accommodations and power plant that could make for steady supply of electricity and other amenities. (Word count: 288).