IMPACT OF LEARNING ENVIRONMENT ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS ON NASARAWA L.G.A OF KANO STATE

The study investigate the “Impact of Learning Environment on the Academic Achievement of Students in Secondary Schools in Nasarawa L.G.A of Kano State”. The objectives of the study are to; determine the impact of classroom building on the performance of students, determine the impact of adequate class furniture on the performance of students, ascertain the impact of small class population on the performance of students, ascertain the impact of the use of instructional materials on the performance of students. The researcher also used only senior secondary school as scope of the study and delimited all other junior secondary schools. The researchers also reviewed the related literature on the following; the student`s achievement, student motivation, learning environment, effect of learning environment on student motivation, effect of learning environment on student achievement, effect of student motivation on student achievement and summary. The researchers used correlation research design by using the survey questionnaire to describe the opinion of the students of chemistry, the population of the study comprises 200 students from 4 schools were selected as sample of the study using simple random sampling techniques, and also the researchers used questionnaire as an instruments for data collection which validated by the supervisors and lastly the researchers collected data successfully from the respondents and recorded by the used of frequency and mean calculation. The researchers presented the data collected in tabular form and provide the summary of findings as well as the discussion of findings. Finally, the researcher concludes the study and brings some recommendations for the study as well as the recommendation for further study. The study concluded that; the nature of classroom building does not have negative impact on performance of student, and there is no any problem to the nature of the classrooms, the chair/desk does not adjusted, but students are not feel tired or complain on it and there is enough space for the students to be balance even while writing. Their performance is not affected, the classroom size is not overcrowded, teachers can go round the students, the use of instructional materials make a student’s understanding better, and easy to learn, there is no significant difference in the performances of students taught in class with adequate furniture and those without furniture. The study recommended that, school administrators and other stakeholders in the secondary education sector should work assiduously to maintain sustainable learning environment, efforts should also be made to improve upon the level of school effectiveness, schools chairs should be with adjustable pin, especially for the students with obesity body, teachers is important to continue using the instructional materials in their teaching since the student show interest, make them easy to understand the concept. And for further study; Students' perception of school learning environment and its implication on academic performance of secondary schools.