Abstract: This research study entitled comparative analyses of students’ academic performance in agricultural science in public and private secondary schools in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The research had two objectives, two research questions, and two null-hypotheses, which were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The ex-post factor design were employed in the study, paper and pencil were used to collect SSCE results in 2014, 2015 and 2016 academic years for all the objectives. The study covered twelve (12) educational zones in Kaduna state with population of 81,921 students that sat for Agricultural Science SSCE in 2014, 2015 and 2016, A purposive sampling techniques and stratified sampling techniques were used to select four public and private secondary schools that offers Agricultural science in the state, the t-test statistical tools was used in analyzing students’ academic performance. The results obtained showed that, female students of private secondary schools performed higher than female students of public secondary schools, and then male students of public secondary schools were higher academically. It was recommended in the study that, teachers of public and private secondary schools should adopt the use of “improvise” that is use of local materials as teaching aid, and government should provide all necessary material for teaching/learning improvement.
Keywords: Agricultural science, Students’ academic performance, Public and Private Secondary Schools.
Title: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
Author: A. S. Ibrahim, B. I. Okeh, M. O. Ayorinde
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