RELATIONAL ANALYSIS OF PHYSICAL FACILITIES IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS AND THEIR IMPACTS ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT IN MALAKAND DIVISION

Abstract

Physical infrastructure plays a pivotal role in performance of students in academics as well as co-curricular performance. The study is framed to investigate students’ academic performance in relation to the available physical facilities in Malakand division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. The data has been obtained from secondary and field sources related to the issue of building and class size, quality of physical facilities as well as their impacts on test scores, grades, class participation etc. The field information is obtained from 300 samples of four selected boys’ high schools through stratified sampling technique using interview schedule. The field data was finally classified in the form of tables, and given frequency with respect to various observations with detailed discussion at the end. The information thus concludes that physical infrastructural facilities highly influence students’ academic performance and personality development.