ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCES IN WEST AFRICAN SENIOR SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS IN NORTH-WEST ZONE, NIGERIA (2010 – 2014): IMPLICATIONS TO EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING
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ABSTRACT
The study analysed students‟ performances in West African Senior School Certificate Examinations in North-West Zone, Nigeria (2010-2014): Implications to Educational Administration and Planning.The study was carried out with six objectives among which were to analysepass and fail in English Language between male and female students, compare pass and fail in English Language between private and public students and examine pass and fail in Mathematics between male and femalestudents.Six research questions were asked among which are: what is the number of pass and fail in English Language between urban and rural students?whatis the number of pass and fail in Mathematics betweenprivate and public students?and what is the number of pass and fail in Mathematics between urban and rural?Also, six null hypotheses were formulated some of which are: that there is no significant relationship betweenperformance(pass/fail) in English Language and gender (male/female) ofstudents, there is no significant relationshipbetween performance (pass/fail)in English Language and type (private/public) ofstudents and there is no significant relationshipbetween performance (pass/fail) in Mathematics and gender(male/female) ofstudents, in North-West Zone, Nigeria. The six hypotheses were tested at 0.05 significance level.The population of the study was 1,157 private schools and 3,563 public schools, 647,952 male students and 309,799 female students. A sample size of 10,487 students comprising 6,267 males and 4,220 females SSCE results from seven private and seven public schoolspurposively selected was used for analysis.The study adopted Ex-post facto research design.A proformatitled: Senior Secondary Students Academic Performances (SSSAP) used for the study to collect data.The data collected was analysed using percentages and Chi-square statistics.Two of the hypotheses were retained and four were rejected.Thefindings revealed that there was no significant relationshipin the performances in English Language and Mathematics between male and female students in WASSCE in NorthWest Zone, Nigeria. However, findings shows significant relationship existed in the performances in English Language and Mathematics between private and public and urban andrural schools in WASSCE in North-West Zone, Nigeria. It wasrecommended among others that officials ofministry of education in the seven states should regularly carry out routine supervision of instructions and monitor performance standards in English Language and Mathematics with a view to improving the quality of delivery.In addition, ministry of education in the seven states should encourage and motivate the teachers from the rural schools by sponsoring them to attend seminars and workshops in English Language and Mathematics in order to broaden their knowledge, reduce the failure rate, bridge the gap with students from urban schools and remove the misconception that these subjects are difficult especially Mathematics.
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