THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEX, PROPRIETORSHIP, LOCATION AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN THE WASC ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXAMINATION IN SOKOTO STATE
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEX, PROPRIETORSHIP, LOCATION AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN THE WASC ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXAMINATION IN SOKOTO STATE
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1989
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TUKO, DANTANI PETER
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Abstract
This study is an analyses of the achievement
of candidates in the West African School Certificate
English Language examination for a period of five
years (1981-1985). The study focused on selected
Secondary Schools in Sokoto State that attempted
the English Language examination within the period
under study. The purpose of the study was to
establish if there was relationship between sex,
proprietorship location and student achievement
in this examination.
To achieve the goal of the study, the
examination results of the candidates from the
selected schools in the period under study were
collected. The results were analysed at 5$ level
of significance using the Z test statistic. For
each variable also, results of candidates with credit
passes (1-6) and those with overall passes (1-8)
were analysed separately. The former category has
met one of the requirements for entry into Nigerian
Universities while the latter has not.
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The results of the analyses indicated the location
of a school whether rural or urban, the sex of the
candidate whether male or female, does not have any
significant relationship on student achievement in the
English Language examination. The proprietorship
variable was however different. It emerged as the
only variable that has any significant influence on
student achievement. This analysis reflects the
achievement of Federal Government College candidates
over their state counterpart's.
In view of the findings, the researcher would like to
suggest that the Sokoto State Government continues to
improve the management aspect of its schools in both
urban and rural areas since the research study shows
that the achievement of students in both rural and
urban schools does not differ much. However, there
is the need to point out that the results in both rural
and urban schools were poor very much unlike the results
of the Federal Government College Students. Sokoto
State should therefore help facilitate the achievement
of its students by playing its management role
effectively.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED BY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
1989.
Keywords
RELATIONSHIP,, SEX,, PROPRIETORSHIP,, LOCATION, STUDENTS,, ACHIEVEMENT,, ENGLISH LANGUAGE,, SOKOTO STATE