The Factors Responsible for Primary School Pupil Poor Academic Performance in Basic and Computer Science. Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State as a Case Study
CHAPTER ONE
OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The main purposes of the study were as follows:
To establish whether there is actually poor academic performance among Primary School Pupils in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State as case study
- To determine factors responsible for the poor academic performance of primary school pupils.
- To find out whether qualified teachers for primary and Accounting education within the selected primary schools.
- To determine the effectiveness of primary and Accounting education teachers among the selected school.
- To determine the extent at which parental influence contribute to poor academic performance of pupils.
- To determine the strategies for improving the academic performance of primary school pupils etc.
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
An overview of pupils’ performance.
Hansell (1981) suggests that a child’s self- image, self -concept or expectations are critical for academic development because they forecast on the self and even determine the child’s experience. If the child thinks that he will do poorly, he opts to hang back and avoid doing the very things that will help him to learn. Low expectations are infections and persons who hold low expectations for themselves encourage others to hold low expectation also. A good curriculum or syllabus is its relevance to the individual needs and capacities of the learners to their lives. There is need to identify what motivates learners so that they attend educational programmes. If pupils are bored and fail to see the connection between their personal life and what they are taught in schools, they become candidates of ‘academic failure’ and eventually this leads to poor performance in examination (UNESCO, 1998). As level of poverty rises, child labour becomes crucial for family survival. More children are increasingly employed in domestic activities and petty trade in ruralurban Kenya in order to subsidize the family income. This has greatly affected ` 12 the girl-child as most girls are removed from schools and taken to do odd jobs like house helps and barmaids to supplement the family income. Most parents affect their children in this manner and this leads to poor performance.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research design
The researcher used descriptive research survey design in building up this project work the choice of this research design was considered appropriate because of its advantages of identifying attributes of a large population from a group of individuals. The design was suitable for the study as the study sought to the factors responsible for primary school pupil poor academic performance in basic and computer science.
Sources of data collection
Data were collected from two main sources namely:
Primary source:
These are materials of statistical investigation which were collected by the research for a particular purpose. They can be obtained through a survey, observation questionnaire or as experiment; the researcher has adopted the questionnaire method for this study.
Secondary source:
These are data from textbook Journal handset etc. they arise as byproducts of the same other purposes. Example administration, various other unpublished works and write ups were also used.
Population of the study
Population of a study is a group of persons or aggregate items, things the researcher is interested in getting information the factors responsible for primary school pupil poor academic performance in basic and computer science. 200 staffs of selected primary schools in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State were selected randomly by the researcher as the population of the study.
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION ANALYSIS INTERPRETATION OF DATA
Introduction
Efforts will be made at this stage to present, analyze and interpret the data collected during the field survey. This presentation will be based on the responses from the completed questionnaires. The result of this exercise will be summarized in tabular forms for easy references and analysis. It will also show answers to questions relating to the research questions for this research study. The researcher employed simple percentage in the analysis.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Introduction
It is important to ascertain that the objective of this study was to ascertain the factors responsible for primary school pupil poor academic performance in basic and computer science. In the preceding chapter, the relevant data collected for this study were presented, critically analyzed and appropriate interpretation given. In this chapter, certain recommendations made which in the opinion of the researcher will be of benefits in addressing the challenges of the factors responsible for primary school pupil poor academic performance in basic and computer science studies teaching jobs performance in Edo state
Summary
This study was on the factors responsible for primary school pupil poor academic performance in basic and computer science. Five objectives were raised which included: To establish whether there is actually poor academic performance among Primary School Pupils in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State, to determine factors responsible for the poor academic performance of primary school pupils, to find out whether qualified teachers for primary and Accounting education within the selected primary schools, to determine the effectiveness of primary and Accounting education teachers among the selected school, to determine the extent at which parental influence contribute to poor academic performance of pupils and to determine the strategies for improving the academic performance of primary school pupils etc.. In line with these objectives, two research hypotheses were formulated and two null hypotheses were posited. The total population for the study is 200 staffs of selected primary schools in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State. The researcher used questionnaires as the instrument for the data collection. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for this study. A total of 133 respondents made headmasters, head teachers, class teachers and junior staff were used for the study. The data collected were presented in tables and analyzed using simple percentages and frequencies
Conclusion
The study has revealed that, Public primary schools with adequate teaching and learning facilities as well as adequate staffing are well placed to perform better at Delta state level than those with inadequate facilities. Most schools which are not well equipped with the relevant text books may explain the wide variations in academic performance among pupils enrolled in the division as compared to other divisions in the district. Therefore the availability and use of teaching materials, effective administration and proper management of learning resources could control certain level of quality education provided to pupils.
Recommendation
Primary school syllabus should be reviewed to make it more relevant. In this context, head teachers should ensure that, coverage of syllabus by second term of the final year is realized so that pupils would have enough time for revision
Teachers should be encouraged to use instructional materials in every lesson. They should also be trained on how to use these instructional materials. This can be done through seminars, workshops etc.
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