AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSES OF POOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG THE PHYSICAL AND HEALTH IMPAIRED STUDENTS
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ABSTRACT
This study was carried out to investigate into the causes of poor academic performance among the physical and health impaired students in SPED International Secondary School in Afijio local government area of Oyo State as a case study. Specifically, the study was aimed at ascertaining if shortage of qualified teachers, inadequate teaching aid and laboratory equipment, attitude of students, lack of parental monitoring and lack of government support contributes to the poor academic performance of physical and health impaired students. The study employed the survey descriptive research design. A total of 100 responses were validated from the survey. From the responses obtained and analysed, the findings revealed that shortage of qualified teachers, inadequate teaching aid and laboratory equipment, attitude of students, lack of parental monitoring and lack of government support contributes to the poor academic performance of physical and health impaired students. The study recommend the school management, teachers, parents, government and the students themselves should put measures in place to tackle these challenges that the research found out so as to achieve good and better academic performance.
