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MANAGEMENT FACTORS INFLUENCING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY There is a growing body of literature from researchers and educationists which have made an attempt to examine the relationship between education management and students academic performance (Orodho, 2014; UNESCO, 1999; United Nations, 2013; Waweru&Orodho, 2014). The results reveal rather spurious relationship (Waweru&Orodho, 2014). However, what is clear is that educational management in secondary schools (either private or public) involves the application ...

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INTEGRATING ICT INTO VARIOUS SUBJECTS AT THE SENIOR SECONDARY LEVEL OF EDUCATION A CASE STUDY OF SOME SELECTED PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Abstract: This study was designed to investigate the integrating of ICT into various subjects at the senior secondary level of education specifically private secondary schools. To achieve this aim, five (5) research questions was used to guide this study. Data was collected through the use of questionnaire. The questionnaire was administered to two hundred (200) students and ten (10) teachers in the selected private secondary schools. Data analysis was carried ...

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ASSESSMENT OF THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Education according to Harris (1997) is essentially concerned with the transmission of knowledge. It central concern is that the students upon leaving schools will know certain things he did not know on arrival. Above all, education aims to overcome ignorance and to teach people about the world on which they live. Education according to Random House College Dictionary “is the act or process ...

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AN ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY ATTAINMENT BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN UYO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF AKWA IBOM STATE

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study In Uyo local government area of Akwa Ibom State, about 12% of 15 year old attend a private secondary school; define as a school under the control of a private entity. Though government may subsidize some of the costs, parents still have to pay more to send their children to private schools. There is a considerable interest in the differences in quality ...

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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOURS OF ADMINISTRATORS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NSUKKA EDUCATION ZONE OF ENUGU STATE

Abstract The study was a comparative study of transformational leadership behaviour of administrators in public and private secondary schools in Nsukka Education Zone of Enugu State. A-45 item questionnaire titled “Transformational Leadership Questionnaire (TLQ)” was developed by the researcher and administered on 174 respondents and was used to collect data for the study. The instrument was validated by two experts in Educational Administration and Planning and another expert in Measurement ...

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OPINIONS OF STAKEHOLDERS ON IMPACT OF FUNDING ON THE MANAGEMENT OF PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1        Background to the Study The history of modern education in Nigeria could be traced to the efforts of private organizations, especially the Christian Missionary Socieities. Ayodele (2004) confirmed emphatically that „one of the incontrovertible facts in the history of Nigerian education is that the first schools, whether primary, secondary or teacher training, were set up          as private institutions.‟         In fact it took the then colonial government ...

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