Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to find out the perception of teachers with regards to
students’ involvements in co-curricular activities and their academic performance at the
senior high school. The co-curricular activities of interest were; religious, academic and
sporting. The study was carried out in three assisted senior high schools. One hundred and
forty teachers were involved the study. Convenience sampling technique was employed to
administer the research instrument. The Survey research design was adopted and
questionnaire was used for data collection. The reliability of the questionnaire was 0.89.
Frequencies, means, standard deviations, percentages and bar graphs were used to
interpret and explain the field data. The study revealed that, 31.71% agreed (strongly
agree and agree), 20.14% stayed neutral, while 48.15% disagreed (strongly disagree and
disagree) that, students’ involvements in religious activities promote academic
performance. About 81.85% respondents congruently agreed (strongly agree and agree)
that, students’ involvements in activities of academic clubs and societies enhance students’
academic performance, 9.28 remained neutral and 8.56% disagreed (strongly disagree and
disagree). About 25.28% agreed (strongly agree and agree) that students’ involvement in
sporting activities enhances one’s academic performance, 26.71% were neutral and
48.00% disagreed (strongly disagree and disagree). It was concluded that academic
clubs’ activities should be encouraged whilst religious and sporting activities should be
tailored to promote academic performance.
Description:
A Project Report in the Department of Educational Leadership, Faculty of Education
and Communication Sciences submitted to the School of Graduate Studies,
University of Education, Winneba, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for
award of the Master of Arts (Educational Leadership) degree
2016