COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PUPILS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SOCIAL STUDIES IN SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN KANO STATE
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PUPILS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SOCIAL STUDIES IN SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN KANO STATE
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2014-02
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INDABAWA, SULAIMAN MAMUDA
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This research work entitled Comparative Stud of Pupils’ Academic
Performance in Social Studies in Selected Public and Private Primary
Schools in Kano State uses student’s and teacher’s questionnaire as
instruments for data collection. The two types of schools i.e. public and
private primary schools were used to compare the academic performance of
public and private school pupils. ANOVA statistic which is the analysis of
variance was used to analyze the scores of 384 pupils. Teacher questionnaire
was used to find out the differences of school facilities, qualified teachers and
welfare of teachers among the public and private primary schools. The
research population of this study consisted of pupils, Teachers and Head
teachers was eighty thousand (80,000) and a sample of three hundred and
eighty four was drawn from a population of eighty (80,000) thousand. The
researcher used stratified and proportionate sampling technique in the
selection of sample. Test items were used. The answers obtained from five
research questions and five hypotheses were tested. The statistical
Techniques used in analyzing the Data collected were ANOVA and CHISQUARE
because the researcher used two research instruments. The first
statistical technique was used to analyze the scores of the pupils of public and
private primary schools. The findings showed that there were no significant
differences in the academic performance of male and female pupils in social
studies in public and private primary schools. Chi-square was also used to
test the other three research hypotheses and it was discovered that there were
no significant differences in terms of school facilities and teacher welfare in
public and private primary schools. However, based on the data collected and
analyzed, it was found that private primary schools are having more qualified
teachers than the public primary schools. Based on the research findings, the
researcher made some recommendations, among which are: government
should provide teachers with necessary incentives so as to motivate them for
greater input to the teaching/learning activities, and create a forum where all
stakeholders in the business of education will be meeting to discuss areas of
problems in primary education in the state and proper solutions to the
problems
Description
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POST GRADUATE
STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA-NIGERIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF
MASTERS DEGREE IN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION AND CURRICULUM, AHMADU BELLO
UNIVERSITY, ZARIA-NIGERIA
February, 2014
Keywords
COMPARATIVE,, STUDY,, PUPILS’, ACADEMIC,, PERFORMANCE, SOCIAL,, STUDIES, SELECTED,, PUBLIC,, PRIVATE,, PRIMARY, SCHOOLS,, KANO STATE.