SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCEINSENCONDARY SCHOOLS IN OVIA-NORTH EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENTAREA OF EDO STATE.

The study investigated school effectiveness and academic performance in secondary schools in Ovia-North East Local Government Area of Edo State. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The population of the study comprised of 500 teachers from 27 secondary schools in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State. The sample for the study was one hundred and fifty(150)teachers from 8 secondary schools in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State, representing 30% of the total population. The instrument used for data collection was a self-structured questionnaire titled “"School Effective Questionnaire (SEQ)" and the other were titled "Academic Performance Questionnaire (APQ)". The descriptived at a such as mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions 1and2while Pearson's and fisher's Z test statistics were used to test the hypothesis. The findings from this study show that there is a significance influence of school effectiveness in student academic performance in secondary schools in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State.