Abstract:
The study assessed the influence of classroom conduciveness on students' and teachers’ attitude
towards lessons’ attendance in Senior School in Kwara South senatorial district. A descriptive form of
survey design was adopted. The multistage sampling procedure was employed in sampling the
respondents, which are the senior school II students and teachers from 33 public schools. One
thousand one hundred and seventy-six students and teachers were proportionately sampled from
3,609. A – 10 items four-points-Likert scale Researchers’ designed questionnaire was adopted to
elicit data, entitled “Teachers and Students Assessment of the Influence of Class Conduciveness on
their Attitude towards lesson attendance (TSAICCATLA)”. The mean, standard deviation and z-test at
0.05 alpha level were used in the analysis of the data. The findings revealed that a classroom with
poor physical structures of building, ceiling, ventilation, and lighting negatively affects both the
teachers and students’ attitude and attendance to lessons. Likewise, Poor classroom facilities that is
furniture and fan among others also constituted negative influence on teachers and students attitude to
attendance to lessons and lastly, no significant difference existed in the assessment of both the
teachers' and students' attitude towards lesson attendance in Kwara south senatorial district. It was
classroom conduciveness which influenced students’ and teachers’ attitudes. Thus, it was
recommended, that a school administrator should make classrooms conducive to facilitate effective
teaching and learning.
