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    School and Home Factors as Determinants of Public Junior Secondary School Students’ Motivation towards Learning in Ogun State, Nigeria
    (Lead City University, 2023-12) Mariam Adebusola OWOYEMI
    The apparent worrisome rate of fall in motivation to learn among Nigerian students has regularly aroused public worry; a thorough search of the literature suggests that there is a scarcity of empirical studies on the matter. This study investigated the influence of school and home factors on junior secondary school students’ motivation towards learning in Ogun State, Nigeria. Three questions and hypotheses were raised and tested. A descriptive research design guided the study. The population consisted of 470,449 students in public junior secondary schools in Ogun State, Nigeria, and 6519 junior secondary school students were carefully sampled to participate in the study. A questionnaire was designed to gather data. Simple percentages and means were used to answer the research questions, while multiple regression and the t-test were used to test the hypotheses. Results revealed a high level of motivation towards learning (3.36), a very high level of parental involvement in a child’s education (3.77), but a low level of availability of instructional resources. There was a significant combined influence of home and school factors on junior secondary school students’ motivation towards learning in Ogun State (F = 79546.842; adj. R2 = 0.987; P < 0.05). Parental involvement has the greatest relative influence (β = 1.371; t = 93.109, p < 0.05), followed by resource availability (β = 0.570; t = 54.565, p < 0.05), teacher support (β = 0.223; t = 48.711, p < 0.05), and class rules (β = 0.041; t = 5.963, p < 0.05). A slight but significant gender difference in the level of junior secondary school students’ motivation towards learning was found. It was recommended that autonomy and ownership of learning should be encouraged among students by giving them choice and control over what they learn, how they learn, and how they demonstrate their learning. Keywords: School Factors, Home Factors, Students’ Motivation towards Learning Word Count: 299