ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN WEST AFRICAN SENIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS IN BOARDING AND DAY SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KANO METROPOLIS, NIGERIA (2005-2011)
ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN WEST AFRICAN SENIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS IN BOARDING AND DAY SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KANO METROPOLIS, NIGERIA (2005-2011)
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2014-04
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OGUNBANWO, Roseline Abiola
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This study examined ‗Students‘ Performance in West African Senior Certificate Examinations in Boarding and Day Secondary Schools of Kano Metropolis, of Kano State Nigeria (2005-2011).It comparatively ascertains the relationship in the performance of Boarding and Day Senior Secondary Schools in Kano Metropolis. As a descriptive research, the study population comprised of all the twelve (12) Boarding Senior Secondary Schools and twenty-six (26) day Senior Secondary Schools in Kano Metropolis, Kano State. The researcher however used WAEC grading of candidates, who scored A1-C6 permissible credit passes, in senior secondary boarding and day schools which have presented candidates for WAEC in the last ten years. The method of sample selection adopted was by random sampling technique from the twenty six day schools. The instrument used to collect data for the study was an inventory titled Secondary Schools Academic Performance Inventory (SSAPI). The data collected were analysed using simple percentages with frequency distribution tables showing the extent of degree to measure students‘ performance and mean score to estimate the relationships between the variables of the study. It was found that the performance of students in the Day Senior Secondary Schools in West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) with particular reference to English, Mathematics, Sciences, and Home Economics for the years 2005 to 2011 in Kano Metropolis of Kano State was low. There was no year where the performance level of Day Senior Secondary Schools in Kano Metropolis reached 50% in any subject from 2005-2011. The study revealed that there was a significant difference between a student being a boarder and a day student. The low level performance could be attributed to congestion of students in classes, inadequate inspection by the State Ministry of Education, inadequacy of facilities and automatic promotion. The implication of running day system of education in Kano Metropolis therefore is that many students might not be qualified for admission into higher institutions in the country. In the same vein, the implication of running boarding system of education in Kano Metropolis therefore is creating a healthy teaching/learning climate that is conducive to higher students test scores, the procurement and disbursement of instructional materials, provision of adequate and modern equipment and library facilities coupled with enough co-curricular activities. It was recommended that the State Ministry of Education should provide more infrastructural facilities to decongest large classrooms, provide more regular inspection to Schools, and reverse the system of automatic promotion in all state schools in Kano with the view to maintaining quality. Parents are urged to be part and parcel of the school system by lending a helping hand to government.
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ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE, WEST AFRICAN SENIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS IN BOARDING AND DAY SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN