This study set to find out the situational factors that have an impact on the academic performance of internally displaced secondary school students (IDSSS) in Fako division in the Southwest Region of Cameroon. Specifically, the study examined how location of the internally displaced students and social factors surrounding them is affecting their academic performance. The study was equally guided by two hypotheses. A concurrent mixed methods design was adopted. Three hundred and sixty (360) IDSSS and 24 school personnel made up the sample. The stratified, simple random, purposive and snowball sampling techniques were used. The instruments for the study were a questionnaire and interview guide. The reliability analysis of the questionnaire was 0.865 and CVI above 0.75. The quantitative data were analysed via SPSS 21.0, using descriptive statistics and hypotheses tested using Binary logistic Regression. The qualitative data were analysed thematically with the support of Atlas. Ti 5.2 software. Findings showed that social factors surrounding the internally displaced students was significantly impact their academic performance (Cox&Snell R Square= 0.305, p-value 0.031? 0.05) but their location appear not to have significant impact on their academic performance (Cox&Snell R Square= 0.176, p-value 0.083> 0.05). In support of this, school personnel reported that social support, school social activities, student-student interaction, and social media were reported to have positive effects on their academic performance. Thus, it was recommended that barriers be addressed and the facilitators sustained as to enhance the academic performance of the internally displaced students because many of the school personnel reported unsatisfactory performance by many of the students.
Situational Factors, Location Factors, Social Factors, Academic Performance, Internally Displaced Students.
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