Impact of School Led-Factors about Provision of Educational Facilities on Students’ Academic Performance: Gender, Locality and Sector Analysis

The objectives of the present study were to find out the impact of school-led factors on students’ academic performance and to compare the impact of school-led factors on gender, locality and sector. The study was survey and descriptive in nature. The mixed approach quantitative and qualitative (QUAN-qual.) was adopted. The explanatory sequential approach was used. Population of the study were comprised of school heads, teachers and students of secondary classes. Randomly the sample of 560 respondents including 40 school heads, 120 teachers and 400 students was selected. The questionnaire contained on closed-ended and open-ended items was used for data collection and collected data was analyzed through SPSS-24. Findings, SF.15 presents that mean value of urban is 3.521 and rural are 3.635 that reflect that urban performed better than rural. The SD 1.090, t value 0-1.258, DF 558 and Sig. 0.061 also supported. The results revealed that majority of respondents viewed that school facilities may be provided on priority basis for quality of education. The study recommended that basic facilities may be provided in the schools.