An appraisal of academic performance of different school categories in Kwara State, Nigeria
| dc.contributor.author | ATOLAGBE, Adedapo Adetiba,Adbulrahaman Sayuti, Saheed OMOSIDI & OYENIRAN | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-09-15T11:36:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-09-15T11:36:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Abstract This study considered the performance of students in different secondary school categories in Kwara State. The study randomly selected 240 different schools stratified into public and private, day and boarding as well as single sex or mixed sex schools out of over 560 registered public and private secondary schools in the State. A self-designed Academic Performance Checklist was used to collect students’ results while School Categories Questionnaire was administered to harvest information on the characteristics of the different school types. One research question was formulated for the study it was answered using percentages while three research hypotheses were tested using Chi square test. The study found a prevalence of performance differentials between public and private secondary schools as well as between day and boarding schools while differences in performance between mixed gender schools and single gender schools was found to be low. The study found out significant difference between the performances of Public and Private secondary schools in Kwara State ( cal X 2.63> critical X 1.96). A significant difference also existed between the performance of Day students and Boarding students (cal X 2.64> critical X 1.96) while the study found out no significant difference between the performance of Single gender schools and Mixed gender schools (cal X 0.84 < critical X 1.96). The study concluded that school categories and types have a significant influence on the academic performance of students as students from private secondary schools performed better than their counterparts from public secondary schools. Also this influence was significant for boarding and day schools. The study recommended the re-introduction of boarding system in public secondary schools to bridge the performance gap. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | SELF | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/6341 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Published by the Publication Unit, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana. | en_US |
| dc.subject | School categories | en_US |
| dc.subject | Single sex schools | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mixed sex schools | en_US |
| dc.subject | Public and private secondary schools | en_US |
| dc.title | An appraisal of academic performance of different school categories in Kwara State, Nigeria | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |