ABSTRACT

This study examined the organizational climate as correlate of students’ academic performance in secondary schools in Abia State, Nigeria. The study adopted a correlation survey research design.  Sample of 480 comprising 30 principals and 450 teachers was drawn from a population of 1856 (250 principals and 1606 teachers) respondents in the public secondary schools in the three education zones in the state was used for the study. The instruments for data collection were two sets of researcher develop questionnaire titled:  School Climate Scale (SCS) and Academic Performance Proforma. The instruments were validated by three experts, two from educational management and one from measurement and evaluation unit of science education, all in College of Education, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia state. They were used to determined the internal consistency of the instruments which yielded 0.83. Three research assistants helped in data collection. Out of the sample of 480 respondents, the return rate of 100 percent of the administered instrument was recorded and it was used for data analysis. Person Product Moment Correlation was used to answer the six researcher questions raised for the study and also to test six null hypotheses that guided the study at 0.05 level of significance. The findings showed among others that open organizational climate, the autonomous organizational climate and the familiar organizational climate respectively were significance to a high extent related to students’ academic performance. Based on these, we may be encouraged to establish those organizational climate such as the open, the autonomous and the familiar climate that enhance students academic performance.