School Culture and Academic Administrative Performance of Students at Universities in Abia State: Exploring Collegial Support and Unity of Purpose

The study examined school administrative culture and the academic performance of students in universities in Abia State, exploring collegial support and unity of purpose. The study was carried out at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike. Two research questions were posed, as two corresponding null hypotheses were tested at a 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted the survey research design. The population of the study was 823 academic staff from 9 Colleges in the 2022/2023 academic session. A sample of 400 respondents was derived using the Taro Yamane sampling formula. The instrument used for data collection in this study was the School Culture Scale (SCS) “Academic Performance Proforma” (APP). The Academic Performance Proforma was used to collect the students’ CGPA from their 200-level results. Pearson’s Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMCC) and Cronbach’s alpha reliability method were used to determine the stability and internal consistency of the instrument, respectively. 400 copies of the instrument were administered to the respondents, and the 400 copies were retrieved. The research questions were answered. Multiple Linear Regression analysis and the F-test were used to test its significance at the 0.05 level. Findings revealed that there was a moderate, positive and significant correlation between unity of purpose and the academic performances of students in universities. Based on findings, the study recommended that the school authorities should, from time to time, organise workshops for their teaching staff to promote collegial support so as to help them in cross-breeding of ideas towards enhanced teaching effectiveness that would improve students’ academic performances in the future.