The effect of school location on pupils’ participation in academic activities: The case of dansokrom primary school in the bia west district of Ghana

The study sought to ascertain the effects of school location on the academic activities of pupilsof Dansokrom Primary School. The study adopted the descriptive research design with the use of a survey instrument administered by the researchers in-person to 65 participants selected through the multi-stagesampling techniques. Data collected was handled quantitatively with the aid of the Statistical Package for Social Science (IBM SPSS v.21) within the Positivists research paradigm. The study established that, the location of Dansokrom primary school has negative effect on the academic activities of the pupils which manifests in their rampant lateness to school to participate in morning assembly sessions, inability to partake in early morning lessons, and to a minimum extent, discourages most of them to get involve in school sporting/cultural/march pass activities. The research findings serve asempirical guide to the Ghana Education Service and government in general in making informed decisions on siting community-based schools. Since most of the pupils find it difficult accessing the school facility as a result of its long distance from their homes, the study recommends to the government through the Bia West Distrit Assembly to construct motorable roads to the ajoining farming communities of Dansokrom to allow for the use tricycles, motorbikes and bicycles as well as other readily available means of transporting the pupils to and from school.