Abstract
This study aims to identify the level of teachers’ support and the involvement of students in learning activities to improve academic achievement of high school students. Teachers’ support refers to teaching activities in the classroom. Student involvement is seen from the aspect of student learning in the classroom. The conceptual framework of the study combines two theories and a model which are the theory or model of the human ecological system (Bronfenbrenner, 1979), social capital theory (Robert and Putnam, 2000) and aspiration model of the Malaysian Education System in the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013–2025 (2013). This study is a survey using questionnaire for information. The sample was chosen randomly, involving a total of 200 form four students in Negeri Sembilan. The whole construct is at a high level of reliability of 0.926. This study uses descriptive analysis of mean and standard deviation using Statistical Packages for the Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 24. The results show that teachers’ support and student involvement in classroom learning activities are at moderate level. The implication of the study found that teachers and the school need to increase their efforts, programs and activities in improving student academic achievement.
Highlights
The legal profession contributes in significant respects to the legal, social and economic development of a nation
The unfolding complexities associated with the Nigerian context, further amplifies the considerable efforts that must be deployed by lawyers towards curbing the endemic trend of human rights abuses, injustices and corruption
The study adopts secondary sources such as journals, textbooks written by renowned legal scholars, relevant International Conventions, as well as a point-by-point comparative approach of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 and the Repealed Criminal Procedure Act (CPA), Chapter C42, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004
Summary
The legal profession contributes in significant respects to the legal, social and economic development of a nation. It suffices to say, that lawyers are primary stakeholders in preserving the sanctity of the socio-economic polity, in an evolving country such as Nigeria. In this regard, the unfolding complexities associated with the Nigerian context, further amplifies the considerable efforts that must be deployed by lawyers towards curbing the endemic trend of human rights abuses, injustices and corruption. Lawyers have the responsibility of fostering a legal system that guarantees the presumption of innocence until a guilty verdict can be established in the law court. Section 36(5) Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (As Amended). In the case of the Federal Republic of Nigeria V.
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