COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SENIOR SECONDARY CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION PERFORMANCES OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SENIOR SECONDARY CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION PERFORMANCES OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN ENUGU STATE
 
ABSTRACT
This study examined the comparative study of senior secondary school certificate examination performances of private and public schools in Enugu State and was guided by five research questions. This work was divided into five chapters. The targeted population of this study was 8818 students of the Educational Zone of Enugu State but out of which a portion of 99 respondents that were selected as the sample size. The instrument used for this study was structured questionnaire which was face validated by two experts and a test-retest reliability exercise was carried out in Government Technical College (GTC), Enugu where the questionnaires were administered to the students of the school. The instruments were collected and correlated using a Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The correlation coefficient was 0.79 which showed that the instrument was highly reliable. Mean scores were used to answer the research questions. The analyses were presented in tables and statements of interpretation were made after each of the tables. Findings were made. Recommendations, Implications for the study and Suggestion for further study were also made.