Institutional Factors as Determinants of Business Education Students’ Academic Performance inKwara StateCollege of Education, Ilorin

Abstract

This study investigated institutional factors as determinants of Business Education students’ academic performance in Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The population of the study was 281 respondents across NCE I, NCE II and NCE III Business Education Students’ of Kwara State College of Education. A structured questionnaire containing 21 items was used to elicit responses from the respondents and generated data for the study. The instrument which was face-validated by three experts from the Department of Business Education, Faculty of Education, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin was used to collect data from the respondents. The study made use of Kuder-Richards formula (K-R 21) to determine the reliability of the instrument and a reliability coefficient of 0.75 was obtained. The data collected for the study were analyzed using mean to answer the research questions raised and standard deviation to determine the closeness or otherwise of the responses from the mean.  Findings from the analysis revealed that Business Educations students agree that accessibility to internet services, usage of library service and instructional material are institutional factors for determining Business Education students’ academic performance. . It was recommended amongst others that education authority such as ministry of education should create enough awareness through seminars, conferences, symposia and workshop among the experts in charge of tertiary education about the use of ICT gadgets in promoting academic performance.