Investigate the Effect of School Environment on Students’ Academic Achievements: Evidence from Khyber Pakhutunkhwa, Pakistan

Abstract

The main objective of this study is to investigate the impact of school environment (later on ScE) on students’ academic achievements at the Secondary school level in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The previous studies focused on the school learning environment or classroom learning environment, but this study focused on the impact of the school environment on the students' achievements. This study used the primary data of all schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, as the population. The researcher collected data through a self-made questionnaire used to measure students’ achievement in the percentage of class 9^th students, while other questions were based on five Likert scale from 377 students studying in class 10^th of the different schools of District Kohat, Peshawar, Charssadda, Mardan, Dir, Malakand and Swat. This study used the ordinary least square method, ANOVA, correlation, and descriptive statistics to analyse the data. This study concluded that the physical and psychological school environment has a positive impact on the students’ academic achievement. Therefore, the school environment is compulsory for students’ academic achievement (later on SAA) in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. is recommended that the government, policymakers, and school administration make efforts to ensure the provision of better infrastructure and related facilities for improving the existing learning environment to enhance students’ academic performance.