CARIBBEAN EXAMINATION COUNCIL (CXC)

CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EXAMINATION SCHOOL BASED ASSESSMENT

PRINCIPAL OF BUSINESS

NAME OF CANDIDATE: Sarah mcalmont

NAME OF SCHOOL: institute of academic excellence

NAME OF TEACHER: sir Roberts

CODE:090104

CANDIDATE NUMBER:090104851

YEAR OF EXAMINATION:2024

TERRITORY: Guyana

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 TABLE OF CONTENT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT……………………………………………………………………………………………………….3

TOPIC/ISSUE/PROBLEM……………………………………………………………………………………………………..4

OBJECTIVES……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….5

BACKGROUND OVERVIEW…………………………………………………………………………………………………6

METHODOLOGY…………..,……………………………………….,…………………………………………………………7-9

PRESENTATION OF DATA…………………………………………………………………………………………………..10-12

ANALYSIS…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..13

CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………....14

RECOMMENDATION………………………………………………………………………………………………………….15

REFERENCE……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….16

APPENDIX………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The researcher would like to thank all the individuals that helped with this SBA. But specially want to
thank God for his mercy, strength and providing all the researcher financial needs a long the way , also
for giving my mother the strength to stand by my side through out the hard times. Thank you all.

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 TOPIC/ PROBLEM

TOPIC: An investigation into the reason why students prefers to purchase lunch from outside vendors as
apposed to school cafeteria.

PROBLEM: Considering the large amount of pupils the school of Alpine Academy has, a lot of outside
vendors has taken the chance to sell their food items. It has been seen that many students prefers to
buy lunch from outside vendors than their own school cafeteria. Thus, this SBA will explore the reason
students prefers to purchase lunch from outside vendors than their own school cafeteria.

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 OBJECTIVES

1) To determine the price of the products sold at outside vendors and the school cafeteria.
2) To find out the reason why students prefers to buy lunch from outside vendors than their own
school cafeteria.
3) To determine the different food products and quality that supplied by the outside vendors and
school cafeteria.

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 BACKGROUND OVERVIEW

Each day students of Alpine Academy school buys food products as a result becoming the customers of
the school cafeteria and outside vendors. Thus, this topic is important to gather evidence of what forces
students to buy from the school cafeteria and outside vendors and the advantages of buying from both
places. Therefore this topic can have remarkable importance also in the well-being and safety of the
students. Furthermore in gaining profits and customers loyalty. From the researcher observation, it has
been seen that many school students prefers to buy lunch from outside vendors than their own school
cafeteria. This SBA will serve as a basis to present the different reasons why these students have these
preferences and how it affects them and the society as a whole.

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 METHODOLOGY

This SBA will be directed to students who attend Alpine Academy school, the ages of 15 to17, where
they will be assessed using questionnaire which will be asking a number of 12 relevant questions. In
order to gather information and assess the students. This process of gaining answers from the
questionnaire will take up to 24hrs, which will collected and analyzed in order to discover the reasons
for students buying from outside vendors than their own school cafeteria.

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 QUESTIONNAIRE

Dear students ,

This research invite you to participate in a survey aimed at understanding why students
prefers to buy lunch from outside vendors than their own school cafeteria. Your valuable insights will
contribute to a comprehensive study on students preferences. The information collected will remain
confidential and will be used solely for academic research purposes. Please put a tick on the space
provided. Thank you for your cooperation.

1. What is your age range?

13-14 ( )
14-16 ( )
Over 16 ( )

2. Are you a regular student of the Alpine Academy school?

YES ( )
NO ( )

3. What is your spending money on a daily basis?

400 ( )
500 ( )
1000 ( )

4. Are the items at the school cafeteria sold cheaper than the outside vendors shop?
YES ( )
NO ( )

5. What kind of items are being sold at the various venues?

Average quality items ( )
Inferior items ( )
Superior items( )

6. What are your experiences with the outside vendors?

Bad ( )
Reasonable ( )
Excellent ( )

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7. Why do you prefer to buy lunch from the outside vendors rather than the School cafeteria?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

8. What can be done to improve the service of the different venues?

Lower prices ( )
Reliability ( )
Better staff ( )
Quality of goods ( )

9. Do you think it’s less risky to buy from the outside vendors than the school cafeteria?
YES ( )
NO ( )

10. What are the type of items that you buy from outside Vendors?
Food items ( )
Pastries ( )
Packaged snacks ( )
Local/Aerated drinks ( )

11. What are the type of items that you buy from the school cafeteria?
Food items ( )
Pastries ( )
Packaged snacks ( )
Local/ Aerated drinks ( )

12. What is your overall experiences with your venue of purchase?

Worst experience ( )
Can improve ( )
Great ( )

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 PRESENTATION OF DATA

The first graph shows if the price at the outside vendors was cheaper than at the school
cafeteria.

OPTIONS PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS %

YES 75

NO 25

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The second graph shows the reason why students prefer to purphase lunch from outside vendors.

Reasons for buying from outside Frequency Percentage %

vendors

the affordable prices 14 70

the services 4 20

the quality of product sold 2 10

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The third graph shows the quality of items sold by the outside vendors.

Quality items Frequency Percentage

Average quality 4 20

Inferior 2 10

Superior 14 70

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 ANALYSIS OF DATA
According in the collected data, it can be said that 75% of students said (yes) that
the price was cheaper at the outside vendors than the school cafeteria, and 25%
said ( no). The research also shows that 70% of students prefers to purchase lunch
from outside vendors because of the affordable prices, 20% because of the
service, while 10% said because the quality of products sold. Additionally it also
shows that 70% of students said that the quality of items sold by the outside
vendors was Superior, while 20% said average quality, and 10% students said
inferior quality.

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 CONCLUSION
In conclusion the school based assessment on the reason why students prefers to
buy lunch from outside vendors than their own school cafeteria at Alpine
Academy school provides valuable insights into the preferences of students. The
researcher had concluded that the reason why students prefer to buy from
outside vendors because of the service , good quality, and cheap prices.

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 RECOMMENDATION
Even though 80% of students prefer to buy lunch from outside vendors than their
own school cafeteria it is shown that its more risky to purchase lunch from
outside vendors than their own school cafeteria. The researcher strongly
recommend that the school cafeteria staff provides reasonable services, good
quality lunch so that students wont have to go elsewhere to get it. So if anything
happens parents knows whom exactly to go to for answers. The researcher also
recommend that more healthy lunches should be provided so that they could
perform more effective in there academic work.

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 REFERENCE
• Principal of business for CSEC by peter timpson.

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