School Type and Academic Achievement in Biology among Senior Secondary School Students in Zaria, Nigeria: Analysis of Difference and Relationship

Isah Aishat Yakubu, Murja Ibrahim Danja, Yunusa Umar Faruk

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This study investigated School Type as it correlates and significantly differs with the Academic achievement in Biology among Senior Secondary School Students in Zaria, Nigeria. The research employed an ex-post facto design. The population of the study involved all Senior Secondary III Biology students from twenty-seven public and twenty-four private senior secondary schools who wrote WAEC Examinations in Zaria Education Zone as at 2017. 361 Biology students were taken as sample. WAEC results of sampled respondents in Biology was collected from their various school principals. Frequency, means, standard deviation, t-test and chi-square were used to test the null hypotheses at P≤ 0.05 using SPSS version 20. Results revealed that there is no significant difference in the academic achievement of students in public and private senior secondary schools in Zaria Education Zone (P =0.32˃0.05). Results also indicate a strong positive correlation between academic achievement and school type, which was statistically significant (r = 0.98, n = 361, P = 0.00). Recommendation among others include Government at all levels should provide more funds for provision of facilities for teaching and learning in public secondary schools.


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