• Dr. AWODUN, Adebisi O
• OYENIYI, Ajoke D

The study investigated the influence of school location on students’ academic achievement in Junior Secondary School Basic Science in Ekiti Stat, Nigeria. The study adopts an ex-post facto design of the survey type. The targeted population for the study was Junior Secondary III (JSS III) Basic Science students of public secondary schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria. A total of three hundred (300) Basic Science students were considered as samples for the study. The sample consisted of one hundred and fifty (150) Basic Science students that were randomly selected from public secondary schools in urban areas of the state (70 male and 80 female) and one hundred and fifty (150) Basic Science students that were also randomly selected from public secondary schools in rural areas of the state (72 male and 78 female). Computerized result sheets sent to each school by the Ekiti State ministry of Education for the Ekiti State Junior WAEC results were collected on the 2014-2017 May/June examinations for all the selected schools for the study. The scores of each candidates selected that formed the sample of this study were extracted and grouped as ‘Urban scores’ and ‘Rural scores’ and these serves as the academic achievement in Basic Science. Three research hypotheses were formulated and analysed using t-Test statistical analysis at P< 0.05 level of significant. The findings showed that there was no statistical significant difference in the academic achievement mean scores of male and female students in the urban school areas and also there was no statistical significant difference in the academic achievement mean scores of male and female students in the rural school areas. The findings further revealed that there was statistical significant difference in the achievement mean scores of students in urban and rural school located areas. Conclusion and recommendations were also made in this paper

school location, urban area, rural area, academic achievement, Basic Science and students.

"Influence of School Location `on Students’ Academic Achievement in Junior Secondary School Basic Science in Ekiti State, Nigeria ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no.125-129, June-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1806519.pdf

"Influence of School Location `on Students’ Academic Achievement in Junior Secondary School Basic Science in Ekiti State, Nigeria ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no. pp125-129, June-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1806519.pdf