COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS BETWEEN BOARDING AND DAY SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN SOKOTO STATE, NIGERIA

Muhammad Babuga Binji, Abdullahi Muhammad Sokoto, Umar U. Dankal

Abstract


This study compared the mathematics performance of Boarding and Day secondary school students’ in Sokoto State. The target population of the study was all SS-2 students promoted to SS-3 in Boarding and Day secondary schools in Sokoto State. Eight secondary schools were chosen for the study. Proportionate sampling technique was used to sample 728 SS-2 students from eight secondary schools which consist of 2 males’ Boarding senior secondary schools, 2 females’ Boarding senior secondary schools, 2 males’ Day senior secondary schools and 2 females’ Day senior secondary in Sokoto metropolis. Results of mathematics promotion examination of 2015/2016, 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 sessions were used for the research. Data collected were analyzed using t-test. The study generally found that female students performed better in mathematics than male students in Sokoto State. Some recommendations were given to teachers, education managements, stakeholders in educations and Sokoto state government on how to increase teacher’ and parents’ awareness in student’ education especially mathematics which is one of the basic requirement for studies in tertiary institutions.

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Comparative Analysis, Boarding Schools, Day Schools, Performance, Mathematics

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