COMPARISON OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CHEMISTRY IN EXTERNAL EXAMINATIONS FROM 2003-2007. (A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA
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COMPARISON
OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CHEMISTRY IN
EXTERNAL EXAMINATIONS FROM 2003-2007. (A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU NORTH LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AREA
ABSTRACT
Comparison
of academic performance the research investigated the comparison of academic
performances of junior Science in
External Examinations from 2003- 2007. This study is a survey research design.
It is a research conducted on a large number of people to identify general
opinion. The study was carried out in Enugu North Local Government Area. The
area belongs to Enugu Educational Zone. The population of the study consist of
all the students and teachers in junior secondary schools in Enugu North Local
Government Area, Enugu State. The population of the students are 20, 470 while
that of teachers are 4, 300. We used four junior secondary schools as our
sample out of the junior secondary schools in Enugu North Local Government
Area, Enugu State. Random sampling
techniques were used to select ten (10) students from each of the schools used
in the table listed above to ensure that the relevant features of the
population were adequately represented. Five (5) staff (teachers) from each of
the schools were also sampled. The instrument used was a questionnaire design
to elicit responses on the items in questions. The researchers used the four
like scale of strongly agreed (SA), Agreed (A) Disagreed (D) and strongly
|Disagreed (SD). The respondents are required to tick against the column that
best describes their views in each item. The questionnaire will be distributed
to ten (10) students from each schools and five (5) teachers from each schools
and will also be collected through item. The researchers’ used mean to analyze
and interpret the data. Interpretation of the data was based on the following
scores interval:comparison of academic performance
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND
OF THE STUDY
Comparison
of academic performance measuring of academic performance of student is
challenging since student performance is the product of socio-economic,
psychological and environmental factors. Education ought to be growing as a
profitable industry with prime objective of maximizing profit by delivering
high quality education that produces well educated, skilled mannered students
according to needs and requirements of the dynamically growing market. There
are two groups of students as generally perceived, that is those who improve
and those who don’t improve. Students performance is also affected by different
factors such as learning abilities because new paradigm about learning assumes
that all students can and should learn at higher levels but it should not be
considered as constraint because there are other factors like race, gender, sex
that can affect students performance Hansen (2000).
Mishae
(2001) explained the effect of age, qualification and distance from learning.
Place on the students performance in his explanation concerns the readiness in
doing a particular discipline in the school; for instance, a student that is
not capable of doing sciences in the secondary school joins sciences because
his/her friends are offering the
subjects.Winston et al (2002) added that
the academic performance of student is also coined in the students
impatience (this time discount behavior).
Yuonne (1998) further elaborated that students academic performance is
very much dependent on SEB (socio-economic background) as per his statement,
secondary school students performance is with statically significant
differences. Alexander (2001) explained that some of the practice adopted by
secondary school administration can also influence their academic performance,
such practices like organized study group, debate club, media and culture clubs
etc.comparison of academic performance
According to
Bello Lawel, an Abuja based educationist a member of the All Nigeria committee
of Principals of secondary school (ANCOPSS). The truth is that the reading
culture in Nigeria is generally poor. To make it worse, these days, most of our
students hardly read. Instead they waste their precious time watching
televisions or films, listening to music, playing to music, playing
video/computer games.comparison of academic performance
Another
educationist Mohammed (2009) attributed the dismal performance on the external
examinations to the lackadaisical attitude of the government and its refusal to
adequately fund the education sector. According to him, on several occasions we
clamored for improved budgeting allocation to the education sector but all these
have fallen on deaf ears. For instance, UNESCO recommends that 26 percent of
any country’s budget should be allocated to the education sector but instead
what do we have in Nigeria.
Government
paying lip service to the education sector. Other countries who understand the
importance of education have taken proactive steps to adequately fund their
education sector. For instance, Ghana has allocated 29 percent to its budget
education sector, even far more than the UNESCO recommendation. The same thing
with countries like South Africa and Botswana who allocated 35 and 37 percent
respectively to the education sector. So until these things are implemented we
would continue to morty age the future of our children.comparison of academic
performance
Statement of
the problem
Secondary
school students performances in external examinations has been a nagging issues
in Nigeria generally and particularly in Enugu North Local Government Area,
Enugu State.
Language is
a medium of institution. For teaching and learning to take place effectively,
there must be adequate communication between the learner and the teacher. In
Nigeria chemistry education is a “Lingua Franka”. Except in vernacular, it is
used in communicating the learner in all Nigeria schools. The importance of chemistry
education can hardly be overemphasized. That is why it appears almost everyday
in the school time table.
Unfortunately,
a cursory look at the performance of students in chemistry education in
particular computer and chemistry education in external examination in Eungu
North Local Government Area is nothing to write home about. Since computer and
integrated science are relatively new in development of science and technology,
the researchers would want to find out why there is an always recorded low
performance in chemistry education from 2003 -2007 on case study.
Secondly,
what facilities are available in teaching and learning of the three subjects in
Junior secondary school certificate examination in Enugu Local Government
Area.comparison of academic performance
Purpose of
the study
Based on the
background and the problem of this study, the main purpose underlying the
project is to compare the academic performances of the junior secondary school
students in chemistry education in external Examinations from 2003-2007. (A
case study of Enugu North Local Government Area, Enugu State) specifically, the
purpose of the study tends to find out:
1. Why there is poor performance of students
in external examinations
2. How students perform in external
examinations
3. How
students perform in chemistry education in External Examination and when
compared, which one among the listed did perform better than others.
Significance
of the study
The
usefulness of the research work in educational system cannot be over emphasized
if the result of the study is properly utilized. It is going to be a benefit to
the students, teachers, parents and government. This would help to provide some
information for curriculum designers and classroom teachers in order to utilize
relevant approaches to enhance meaningful learning and teaching of chemistry
education,chemistry education students. Thus, the knowledge of students’
cognitive style and attitude would be very useful in both academic and career
enhancement.comparison of academic performance
Scope of the
study
The study
was based on the junior secondary school students performance in external
examinations in chemistry education in Enugu North Local Government Area, Enugu
State. This specifically covers the following junior secondary schools;
1. New Layout Secondary school
2. Days Secondary School Independent Layout
3. Government secondary school Enugu
4. Coal Camp Secondary School, Enugu
The schools
mentioned above are used in this research work for better coverage and easy
assessment.
Research
questions
The
following research questions were formulated to guide the study. These
questions are:-
1. What are the causes of poor performance of
students in external examinations?
2. In what ways can the performance of
students in external examination be improved?
3. How does students perform in external
examination in chemistry education and which of the three subjects did they
perform better on?
Limitation
of the study
For a proper
project research to be carried out effectively, there should be some
limitations along the line, these limitations includes:
Time
Constraint: This is the time consumed by students carryout a particular project
research topic.
First and
foremost, for a student achieve his or her goals on a project research, there
should be an effective plans on how the materials needed can be gotten.
And this
will be actualize by proper research which might involve moving from one place
to another in search of these materials. By so doing time is consumed.
On the other
hand, some students in a particular group may be giving excuses that the time
fixed is not suitable for them, some may complain that they usually do their domestic
work for their parent during the project research exercise, which may demand
all attentions.comparison of academic performance
In order to
balance the equation they should be proper plans on time management.
Money: This
involves that money needed for the project to be carried out in a situation
whereby the money needed becomes high, some students in a group will be affect
and this may hinder their chances of participating and finally terminates their
work since nothing good comes easy without money.comparison of academic
performance
Difficulty
Experiences: This is the experience we encounter from our group. Since every
body has his/her own personal character couple with individual schedule for
daily activity, thing can never be done at the same time. Therefore, the time
schedule for a particular group to carryout their project research varies.
Insincerity
of responding to questionnaire items: this is the inability of the supervisor
did not explain properly the most essential things needed and how he wants the
project to be done. The project writer may find it difficult to cope.comparison
of academic performance
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