Effect of Classroom Management Practices and Students’ Academic Performance in Public Secondary Schools in Enugu State

The major objectives of the study were to investigate the effect of classroom management practices and students’ academic performance in public secondary school in Enugu state. This study is anchored on the theory of management and human relations theory was considered appropriate for this research. The study employed a survey design. The population is 2,232 comprising 67 teachers and 2,165 students of selected public secondary schools in Enugu State. The Simple random technique was used to select 20 teachers and 433 Senior Secondary school class 2 students due to the fact that they have obliged in school than other students. The researchers used stratified random proportionate sampling technique to select 30% of the teachers and 20% of from the students in the selected public secondary schools in Enugu state. The instrument for collection of data was a self-constructed rating scale titled “Effect of Classroom Practices and Students Academic Performance Scale (ECPSAPS)†. The instrument had 20 items using four point Scale of Strongly Agreed (SA), Agree (A), Disagree (D), and Strongly Disagree (SD) weighed 4, 3, 2, and 1 point respectively. The instrument faces validity while the reliability was established using Cronbach Alfa statistics with index of 0.84, showing that the instrument is reliable. Based on the recommendations of the study, there should be a proper check and balance about learning performance of students. It was recommended that teachers should be introduced to seminars, workshops, and conferences on classroom management for efficiency.