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    Physical facilities and academic performance of science in Ruchu Girls Secondary School, Maragua District, Kenya
    (Kampala International University.College Of Education, 2007-08) Mwangi, Daniel Waicigo
    This study determined physical facilities of schools in relation to Academic performance of science students. It determines the profile of the respondents and determined the relationship between lighting and academic performance of science students, determined the relationship between building age and quality and academic performance of science students and determined the relationship between class size and academic performance of science students. The first objective was to find out the relationship between lighting and academic performance of science students. The findings reveal that lack of lights in the school stops students from reading and therefore negatively affects their academic performance. Also, it was revealed that the poor lighting of the school affects the eye sight of the students which naturally affects their academic performance. The second objective of the study was to find out if the state of building age and its quality affects academic performance. The finds reveal that poor buildings stop school authorities from buying science equipment necessary for students to learn. The third objective was to find out if class size has any effect on academic performance of science students. The findings revealed the big class size stops some students from hearing what the teacher is teaching and this affects academic performance. The study focused on the failure by students to hear what the teacher is teaching because of the big size of the class, the failure by the teacher to notice who misses classes and the failure by teachers to give exercises and tests to students because of the over whelming no students in class.