Comparative Analysis of the Curriculum Implementation of Islamic Studies in Public and Private Senior Secondary Schools in Zaria Educational Zone, Kaduna State- Nigeria

Abstract

This paper aimed at a comparative analysis of the curriculum implementation of Islamic studies in public and private senior secondary schools in Zaria educational zone, Kaduna state- Nigeria. The research design used was a descriptive survey. The population comprised 108 Islamic studies teachers in both public and private secondary schools in Kaduna state. The sample size for the study was 86 teachers drawn using a simple random sampling technique. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire. The reliability of the instrument was found to be 0.941. The data collected was analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences IBM 20. Descriptive statistics were used to answer research questions while t-test inferential statistics was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level. The study's findings revealed no significant difference between private and public schools regarding curriculum content used in teaching Islamic Studies in Secondary schools (t = 1.12, p = 0.264). No significant difference between private and public schools in terms of quality and quantity of teachers employed in teaching Islamic studies (t = 1.242, p = 0.562) and also no significant difference between private and public schools in terms of methods used for teaching Islamic studies (t = 1.76, p = 0.43). It was recommended among others that both curriculum contents and the methodology used in teaching Islamic studies in private and public schools should be harmonized and well-supervised.