Socio-economic determinants of students' academic achievement in building technology

Over the years, the achievement of students in building technology has continued to decrease and this has been an issue of concern to major stake holders in vocational and technical education in north-central of Nigeria. There are some factors which influenced the academic performance of students such as socioeconomic factor. Therefore, this study investigated socio-economic determinants of students' academic achievement in building technology in North-central Nigeria. Data for this survey research design which collected from 113 students were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results of the study showed that building technology education in Nigeria is male dominated and majority of colleges of education students in North-central Nigeria are under 20 years. Socio-economic determinants of students' academic achievement in building technology include gender, age, study hours, family size, stipends per month, group reading, students' health status, credit pass in SSCE and truancy. The challenges facing building technology students in the study area include epileptic power supply, inadequate ICTs, lack of functional building technology workshop among others.