School Environment and Students Academic Achievement in Selected Public Secondary Schools in Mbale Uganda

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to examine the influence of school environment and students’ academic achievement in selected public secondary schools in Mbale, Uganda. It was guided by three objectives which were; to examine the contribution of library on students’ academic achievement, to assess the contribution of sanitation on students’ academic achievement and to examine the contribution of classroom facility on students’ academic achievement in selected public secondary schools in Mbale, Uganda. The study adopted a descriptive research design and the explanatory sequential mixed methods, with a sample of 247 selected from a study population of 660 using Krejcie and Morgan simple table of 1970. The data obtained was analyzed using SPSS software into percentages, mean and inferential statistics. The study showed that the presence of a library in a school has a positive correlation with students’ achievement although the relationship is small, while sanitation had a positive and high correlation on students’ achievement. The study concluded that the magnitude of contributions to students’ achievements are; sanitation, library and classrooms respectively. The study recommended that that schools should have well equipped libraries and good classroom facilities so as to enhance students’ academic achievement.