Factors Affecting the Performance of Students in Financial Accounting Subject in State Owned Tertiary Institutions of Borno State
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The topic of this research is Factors affecting the performance of students in financial accounting subject in Borno state owned tertiary institutions. The purpose of this study is to find out the Factors affecting the performance of students in financial accounting subject. From the purpose of the study the researcher formulated the research questions. A descriptive survey design was adopted in this research. The population of the study was 500 which was made up of lecturers and students in Borno state own tertiary institutions. The sample size of the study was 200, the sampling techniques was random sampling. The instrument used for data collection was questionnaire. Data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics using mean ( ) and Standard Deviation (SD) was used to interpret the result of the study using adopted 5 points Likert-type scale. Based on the result of the Findings, the researcher makes his conclusion on whether or not there are Factors affecting the performance of students in Financial Accounting Subject and consequently, make recommendations, based on the analysis of the responses to this finding. It could be concluded thus, that teacher’s, government and administrative factors can make the students develop hatred for the subject which will latter affect their performance and number at the higher level. Furthermore, parental influence affects student’s performance in accounting subject where parents supposed to always encourage their children by checking their work at home. Finally, students, parents, accounting teachers, administrators and Government should try and work effectively and immensely to improve the quality of financial accounting subject.
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