Comparative Analysis of Boarding and Day Students’ Performance in West African Examinations Council in Birnin Gwari Education Zone Kaduna State Nigeria (2011-2015): Implications for Educatinal Management.
ABSTRACT
This study examined Comparative Analysis of Boarding and Day Students‟ Performance in West African Examinations Council in Birnin Gwari Education Zone Kaduna state, Nigeria (2011-2015):
Implications for educational management. It comparatively ascertained the relationship in the performance of Boarding and Day Senior Secondary Schools in Birnin Gwari Education Zone.
As a descriptive research, the study population comprised all the seven (7) Day Senior Secondary Schools and One (1) Boarding Senior Secondary Schools in Birnin Gwari zone, Kaduna State.
The researcher, therefore, used WAEC grading of candidates, who scored A1-C6, D7, E8,and F9 in Senior Secondary School, Boarding and Day Schools which have presented candidates for West African Examinations Council in the last five years.
The instrument used to collect data for the study was an inventory titled Secondary Schools Academic Performance Inventory (SSAPI).
The data collected were analyzed using simple percentages with frequency distribution tables showing the extent of the degree to measure students‟ performance and mean scores to estimate the relationships between the variables of the study. Six objectives and six research questions were asked and formulated to guide the study.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
COVER PAGE……………i
TITLE PAGE…….……ii
DECLARATION………………… iii
CERTIFICATION ……………… iv
DEDICATION………………….. v
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ……………. vi
ABBREVIATIONS ……………. viii
OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF TERMS …………… x
ABSTRACT ……………….. xi
TABLE OF CONTENTS …………………… xii
LIST OF TABLES …………….xiv
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION ………………….1
1.1 Background to study …………….1
1.3 Objectives of the Study ……………..5
1.4 Research Questions………………6
1.5 Basic Assumptions………………….7
1.6 Significance of the Study………….8
1.7 Scope of the Study……………9
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE …………………11
2.1 Introduction……………………….11
2.1.2 Implications of Student Performance to Educational Management………11
2.2 Conceptual Framework of the Study …………..13
2.2.2 Meaning of Performance ………………19
2.3 Students’ Performances in West African Examination Council (WAEC) in English Language…………36
2.4 Students’ Performance in West African Examination Council (WAEC) in Mathematics …..39
2.5 Students Performance in Art and Social Science Subjects in West African Examination
Council (WAEC)…….45
2.6 Students (Physics, Chemistry, and Biology) Performance in West African Examination
Council (WAEC)……48
2.7 Students’ Performance in West African Examination Council (WAEC) in Vocational and
Technical Subjects………52
2.7.1 The Aims of Vocational and Technical Education …….53
2.7.2 Students’ Performance in Vocational Studies…………57
2.8 Performance of Students in Boarding and Day Secondary School Systems……60
2.9 Performance of Students in Day Senior Secondary Schools…………..61
2.9 Performance of Students in Boarding Senior Secondary Schools………..64
2.10 Empirical Studies………………………………….69
2.11 Summary………………………………………………..79
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ……………..81
3.1 Introduction………………………81
3.2 Research Design …………….81
3.3 Population …………………………82
3.4 Sample and Sampling Techniques …………..82
3.5 Instrumentations…………………………83
3.6 Procedures for Data Collection……………..84
3.7 Method of Data Analysis………………85
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION………..86
4.1 Introduction………….86
4.2 Answering the Research Questions……….86
4.3 Summary of Major Findings…………..94
4.4 Discussion of the Findings………….95
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ……………..99
5.1 Introduction………………………99
5.2 Summary of the Study……………….99
5.3 Conclusions………………………100
5.4 Recommendations………………102
5.6 Suggestions for Further Studies……….102
REFERENCES………………103
APPENDIX 1…………109
INTRODUCTION
Education in Nigeria witnessing a series of reforms and changes by different administrations i.e (Civilian and Military) with aim of ensuring the provision of adequate and qualitative education to Nigerian citizens, but yet more problems exist in the sector.
The major of a classroom teacher is to effectively instruct the learner in a bid to bring about changes in the behavior of the students in all dimensions. i.e socially, mentally and psychologically.
The way of ascertaining the occurrence of such desirable changes in the behaviour of the learners is through a process of test/examination.
The parameter for measuring success or failure in Senior Secondary Schools Examination is for student to be able to make a five credits grades passes including English Language, mathematics, and other related subjects to their future area of study in tertiary institutions.
Secondary Schools not only occupy a strategic place in the educational system in Nigeria, it also became a link between the primary and the university level of education.
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