TABLE OF CONTENT
Title Page – – – – – – – – – – -i
Approval Page – – – – – – – – – – -ii
Dedication – – – – – – – – – – -iii
Acknowledgment – – – – – – – – – -iv
Table of Content – – – – – – – – – -v
Abstract- – – – – – – – – – – vii
CHAPTER ONE
1.1 Background of the Study – – – – – – -1
1.2 Statement of the Problem – – – – – – -4
1.3 Objectives of the Study- – – – – – – -5
1.4 Research Questions – – – – – – -5
1.5 Scope of the Study- – – – – – – – -6
1.6 Significance of the Study – – – – – – -6
1.7 Operational Definition of Terms – – – – – -7
CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 Theoretical Framework – – – – – – – -8
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2.2 The Conceptual of Learning- – – – – – 12
2.3 The Influence of Learning Environment on Academic Performance- – – – – – – – – – 13
2.4 Relationship between Private and Public School and Student Performance- – – – – — – – – – 15
CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research Design – – – – – – – – 18
3.2 Population and Sample – – – – – – – 18
3.3 Research Instrument – – – – – — – 19
3.4 Method of Data Analysis – – – – – – – 20
CHAPTER FOUR: DATA ANALYSIS, RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Data analysis and Results- – – – – – 21
4.2 Summary of Findings- – – – – – – – 30
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 Summary- – – – – – – – – 31
5.2 Conclusion- – – – – – – – – 33
5.3 Recommendations- – – – – – – – 33
References – – – – – – – – – 35
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ABSTARCT
This project is on comparative analysis of the factors affecting student academics performance in both public and private senior secondary schools. It was discovered that the student in the private schools out performance those in the public schools what motivate the researcher, questionnaire was used for data collection to conduct a research on this topic known the “contributing factor to the students’ performance”. Out of a population of the student that offered English language in both schools. Some selected for administration of questionnaire following our analysis, of the responses to the questionnaire, it was discovered that student in private school have performed better in subject English language than those in public schools.
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CHAPTER ONE
1.8 Background of the Study
The definition of education mainstream schools today is that education is the delivery of knowledge, skills and information for teachers to students.
While the above metaphor-education as a delivery system should reasonable, it messes what is most important about education this mistake idea of what true education is and how it can be achieve is the root problem in mainstream education today. This conception of education contributes to harming students and teachers by driving policy makers to insist on accounting for the units’ of information that the students demonstrate knowledge of non-test.
The perceived med for mass scale standardized outcomes leads to a king administration to control teachers, behavior, which in turn is directed to controlling student’s behavior in ways that increase symptoms of diminished psychological wellbeing.
The student outcomes as measured by tests bear little relationship to true education, and so the instruction al bookkeeping school is a failure even before the hair it cause is taken into consideration. For many people the impotence of education likes in
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future job prospects for others its quality of citizenship, and yet other just want literacy, critical thinking and/or creativity. Therefore, the federal schools and state government schools could be traced to the first missionary activities by Portuguese merchants who visited Lagos and Benin I n1473 their primary intents way trade. However the education system for missionary activities stated procedure tween 1515 and 1552 with the establishment of school for sons of Obas.
The Nigerian system of education suffered some serious setback in the 1980 because of structural Adjustment programmed (SAP), a set of polices recommended by (IMF) aimed at “Poverty reduction” due to the negative development brought about the SAP. It because difficult for to government to pay salaries to its employees. Consequently the teaching affair be count a sort of survival of the fittest for teachers in order of survive, teacher began teaching private lesson all cueing class. Unemployed people with degrees saw this as a creative way of escaping the scourged of unemployment and also escaping the scourged of employment and also started private teaching to make money. Beside government, sometimes seem the funding of public schools as a big burden and because of the fact public schools were has been an increasing tend towards privatization of education in Nigeria since the mid 1980 the government is once
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more trying to reverse the trends of neglect by offering good salaries and benefits to teachers and working public education tree again, yet private schools are still very prevalence.
Today there are many kinds of private schools in Nigeria, expensive schools for the middle class and private schools so close to one’s domiciles that someone might run out of one’s house or some counted rooms to attend closes. In addition, there are lot of private Islamic schools called “Islamiyya” which basically teach children Islamic knowledge.
Although private schools have humble back ground wings. Today, there are considered better and more equipped than public schools. This is because they employ more qualified teaches, have batter education facilities such as lab rotaries, computer labs, supervise their teaches more than public schools given more attention to the progress of the student etc. and therefore produce better product that pass their examination, internal or external more than the products of public schools.
Parent and other stake holders in education have conducted the high rate of poor academic performance of studies in extend examination/WAEC and NECO. This school alone, private school were
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involve reasons range from poor teaching personal and non-availability of school facilities.
1.9 Statement of the Problem
The concern for improving the quality of secondary education is an important issue for the government of Nigeria. The government of Yobe state is struggling with inadequate material resource for teaching and learning such as libraries, text books, charts, maps and posters. Computer, soft board, models and specimen are absent in many secondary school. Apart from that, physical instructor such as class rooms, furniture which include lockers twin dusks chairs, and teachers table insufficient. Toilets water, gives and recreational facilities are also inadequate in many secondary schools.
There is license in the area of monitoring and supervision. Many supervisors turn a blind eye on the lesson plan of the teachers, their diary records and attendance register of the students. This makes teachers very reluctant and ineffective to their duties as teachers.
The culture of monitoring and supervisor does not meet the minimum of two times period in a month, this causes failure in the school activities.
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In recent years, the decadent in the academic performance and tertiary schools in this country especially in public schools. The public to which attention is directed in this study is to extend do school type.
(Public and Private) and facilities influence academic performance of students in in senior secondary schools in Potiskum local government area, in Yobe State.
1.10 Objectives of the Study
The objectives of this study is to determine:
1. Factors affecting students’ academic performance in public senior secondary schools in Potiskum local government in Yobe State.
2. Academic performance of student in English Language in public schools in Potiskum local government at Yobe State.
3. Academic performance of student in English Language in private school at Potiskum local government Yobe State.
1.11 Research Questions
The following research questions were answered.
1. What are the factors affecting students’ academic performance in public and private senior secondary schools in Potiskum local government, Yobe State?
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2. What are the academic performance of students in English Language in public senior secondary school in Potiskum, Yobe State?
3. What are the academic performance of students in English Language in private senior secondary schools in Potiskum Yobe State.
1.12 Scope of the Study
This study is limited to government Day senior Secondary School (public school) and King Abdul-Aziz African institute secondary school Potiskum (Private School) the study is Furth limited to the subject English Language.
1.13 Significance of the Study
The outcome of this study will become facial to policy makers in that, it will drawn their attention to the state of teaching learning of subjects teachers and students. It will enable them to see their point of weakness.
The result of the study will also be important to schools supervisors of teaching and learning schools.
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1.14 Operational Definition of Terms
The following teams were operationally defined in accordance to the counted of this study.
Comparative Analysis: This refers to the consistency or inconsistency between the public and private school students in relation to their English Language performance.
Academic performance: This refers to students and of their team result in English Language.
Factor: This refers to the components of challenges associated with students’ performance in English Language.
Affection: This refers to challenges directly associated with students at English Language in both public and private schools.
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