COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PUPILS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SOCIAL STUDIES IN SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN KANO STATE

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dc.contributor.authorINDABAWA, SULAIMAN MAMUDA
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-14T12:13:52Z
dc.date.available2015-04-14T12:13:52Z
dc.date.issued2014-02
dc.descriptionA 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, 2014en_US
dc.description.abstractThis 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 problemsen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6383
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE,en_US
dc.subjectSTUDY,en_US
dc.subjectPUPILS’en_US
dc.subjectACADEMIC,en_US
dc.subjectPERFORMANCEen_US
dc.subjectSOCIAL,en_US
dc.subjectSTUDIESen_US
dc.subjectSELECTED,en_US
dc.subjectPUBLIC,en_US
dc.subjectPRIVATE,en_US
dc.subjectPRIMARYen_US
dc.subjectSCHOOLS,en_US
dc.subjectKANO STATE.en_US
dc.titleCOMPARATIVE STUDY OF PUPILS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SOCIAL STUDIES IN SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN KANO STATEen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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